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Secret Lincolnshire

Explore fascinating stories from Lincolnshire.

Radio Lincolnshire,39 episodes

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The day Guy Gibson came to breakfast
He was invited in by Kit's family while on exercise.
05 May 2025,9 mins
Exploring Grimsby's Victorian Underbelly
Social Historian Carla Linford tells colourful stories the town's Victorian characters.
30 Apr 2025,6 mins
Barbeque 67: Spalding's groundbreaking festival
It's believed to be the first rock music festival.
20 Apr 2025,19 mins
Glentham's long-lost Good Friday tradition
'The Washing of Molly Grimes' last happened in 1832.
16 Apr 2025,3 mins
Spinning the legacy: The world's first DJ
Ron Diggins from Boston pioneered the mobile disco.
13 Apr 2025,13 mins
'We came over to Sleaford and built a home here'
They left Poland for a new life in Lincolnshire.
02 Mar 2025,10 mins
Rasen to Rocketman: The Bernie Taupin story
The legendary lyricist grew up near Market Rasen.
12 Feb 2025,25 mins
Boston Gliderdrome: 'Part of our musical heritage'
Like many venues, it faces an uncertain future.
30 Jan 2025,12 mins
How Lincoln led a revolution in psychiatric care
The city's asylum was the first to ban restraints.
18 Jan 2025,5 mins
Boston Gliderdrome: 'The best atmosphere ever'
Music's biggest names played there in its heyday.
29 Dec 2024,16 mins
Charles Worth: Bourne's pioneering fashion designer
He invented the concept of the fashion collection.
26 Dec 2024,10 mins
Somebody told me The Killers played a Lincoln pub
The superstars were an unknown support act in 2003.
07 Dec 2024,11 mins
Did a poltergeist haunt Epworth Rectory?
It was the 18th-Century home of the Wesley family.
30 Nov 2024,6 mins
The Lincoln hotel room where the tank was born
It changed the course of the First World War.
07 Nov 2024,4 mins
Gainsborough's ghosts of the cells and the stalls
Is this police station-turned-theatre haunted?
31 Oct 2024,5 mins
'There are bodies everywhere': The mannequin lady
Old airfields are even spookier with mannequins.
05 Oct 2024,4 mins
The 'birthplace of modern schooling' in Barton
Samuel Wilderspin pioneered modern infant education in the town.
28 Sep 2024,3 mins
The Barton WWII bunker restored by the community
The hidden history behind a WWII air raid shelter.
21 Sep 2024,3 mins
The tale of the vanished bugler of Kirkstead Abbey
Legend says he disappeared in a secret tunnel.
07 Sep 2024,4 mins
How Barton birthed the Temperance movement
Sally Fairfax explores the story behind the Assembly Rooms in Barton Upon Humber
21 Aug 2024,4 mins
The Flixborough Disaster - 50 years on
The Flixborough Nypro plant suffered a catastrophic explosion on 1st June 1974
17 Aug 2024,22 mins
Unearthing Fulbeck Manor's World War II history
It was the base for a major allied operation.
17 Aug 2024,4 mins
The legendary film conceived in Barton Upon Humber
Ted Lewis authored "Jack's Return Home", which became the film classic "Get Carter".
14 Aug 2024,5 mins
A German Christmas comedy legend born in Grimsby
Freddie Frinton is a name that's been largely forgotten in the UK.
10 Aug 2024,4 mins
Eyes down for a haunted house in Skegness
Is there a ghost in the Roman Bank Bingo hall?
03 Aug 2024,5 mins
The Lincolnshire baron who fell foul of Henry VIII
John Hussey was beheaded for treason in 1537.
16 Jul 2024,4 mins
In the footsteps of Flinders
Tracing Lincolnshire's South Australian links.
11 Jul 2024,55 mins
The Grey Lady of Gainsborough Old Hall
She haunts the hall after dying of a broken heart.
06 Jul 2024,4 mins
The Metheringham Lass: Myth or mystery?
It's said she died in a wartime motorcycle crash.
19 Jun 2024,4 mins
'Tripped by an unseen force': The Old King's Head
Is a 16th Century former coaching inn haunted?
17 May 2024,4 mins