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Secret Lincolnshire Episodes

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    Why does the fair come to Lincoln every April?

    It's a tradition going back centuries.

  2. Unearthing Fulbeck Manor's World War II history

    It was the base for a major allied operation.

  3. The tale of the vanished bugler of Kirkstead Abbey

    Legend says he disappeared in a secret tunnel.

  4. The phantom hitch-hiking airman of RAF Wickenby

    The station housed Lancasters in World War II.

  5. The Metheringham Lass: Myth or mystery?

    It's said she died in a wartime motorcycle crash.

  6. The Lincolnshire baron who fell foul of Henry VIII

    John Hussey was beheaded for treason in 1537.

  7. The Lincoln hotel room where the tank was born

    It changed the course of the First World War.

  8. The haunted Horncastle bakehouse

    People have seen bakers working and smelled bread.

  9. The Grimsby man who became Quincy Jones' muse

    The story of former Grimsby fish worker turned music producer, Rod Temperton.

  10. The Grey Lady of Gainsborough Old Hall

    She haunts the hall after dying of a broken heart.

  11. The ghosts of RAF East Kirkby

    Several people have reported strange activity at the wartime Lincolnshire RAF station.

  12. The Flixborough Disaster - 50 years on

    The Flixborough Nypro plant suffered a catastrophic explosion on 1st June 1974

  13. The Barton WWII bunker restored by the community

    The hidden history behind a WWII air raid shelter.

  14. The abandoned military hospital

    RAF Hospital Nocton Hall closed in the mid-1990s.

  15. The 'birthplace of modern schooling' in Barton

    Samuel Wilderspin pioneered modern infant education in the town.

  16. Somebody told me The Killers played a Lincoln pub

    The superstars were an unknown support act in 2003.

  17. Remembering the Barton man who wrote "Get Carter"

    Ted Lewis authored "Jack's Return Home", which became the film classic "Get Carter".

  18. Remembering Grimsby's world record beating swimmer

    Brenda Fisher broke records for her English Channel Swim

  19. Rasen to Rocketman: The Bernie Taupin story

    The legendary lyricist grew up near Market Rasen.

  20. Posterngate: Lincoln's underground Roman remains

    The remains are hidden in a cellar in the city.

  21. Pies & poltergeists: Humphrey, the pie shop ghost

    A small boy is said to haunt the Lincoln building.

  22. In the footsteps of Flinders

    Tracing Lincolnshire's South Australian links.

  23. How Lincoln led a revolution in psychiatric care

    The city's asylum was the first to ban restraints.

  24. How Barton birthed the Temperance movement

    Sally Fairfax explores the story behind the Assembly Rooms in Barton Upon Humber

  25. Gainsborough's ghosts of the cells and the stalls

    Is this police station-turned-theatre haunted?

  26. Eyes down for a haunted house in Skegness

    Is there a ghost in the Roman Bank Bingo hall?

  27. Does an Edwardian woman haunt this Louth gallery?

    The owners say paintings have mysteriously moved.

  28. Does Alfred, Lord Tennyson haunt a Skegness hotel?

    The poet is said to haunt the resort's Vine Hotel.

  29. Did a poltergeist haunt Epworth Rectory?

    It was the 18th-Century home of the Wesley family.

  30. Charles Worth: Bourne's pioneering fashion designer

    He invented the concept of the fashion collection.

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