< Previous60 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYBRIGGsaid to have the greatest number of pubs in such aconcentrated location. There’s a plethora of traditionalpubs to pick from, such as the Woolpack Inn and LordNelson in the Market Place; the Exchange Hotel and theDying Gladiator on Bigby Street - which is the only pub ofits name in the country - and the Nelthorpe Arms, WhiteHart and the Yarborough Hunt on Bridge Street whichscooped CAMRA’s ‘pub of the season’ award back in 2014.It might sound like a lot, but appreciating all that art andhistory is thirsty work. But it’s not all arts, crafts and food markets. Known asthe ‘Zebras’ for their black and white striped home kit,Brigg Town Football Club dates back to 1863. The team isalso alleged to be the oldest association football club inLincolnshire, as well as being among the oldest survivingclubs in the world. But the jury’s still out on that one.Suffice it to say, the locals are fiercely loyal to their team.The Ancholme Rowing Club, on the other hand, can provetheir roots go back to 1868 and still enjoy regularly rowingup the river. Brigg is understandably protective and proud of itsindependent traders, with the formation of The BriggTown Business Partnership in 2011 to support local traders,and was supported by the Campaign for the Protection ofRural England’s national ‘Shop Local’ promotion – thepartnership aimed at reinvigorating the local economywhile safeguarding jobs and bringing shoppers the verybest in local food and produce. Not only does this help thetown to preserve its identity, it helps to offer locals andvisitors alike continued access to the variety of traders,continuing the town’s trading heritage for futuregenerations. And the slew of designer clothing boutiques,butchers, historic coffee shops, jewellers, haberdasheriesand more are deserving of that protection so that thefriendly, community spirit of Brigg lives on.58-61_Layout 1 19/04/2017 12:25 Page 3FOR THATOLD FASHIONEDPERSONAL SERVICEBRIGG BEDSCome visit our showroom at Princes Street, Brigg, DN20 8HGTel: (01652) 651828 Email: briggbeds@hotmail.co.ukwww.briggbeds.co.uk10% OFFVOUCHER**OFFER TO BE USED ONLY ONCEPER CUSTOMERSUBJECT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONSThe China Royal Chinese Restaurant6 Bridge Street, Brigg DN20 8LNTel: 01652 650688 Takeaway Service 01652 654762www.chinaroyal.co.ukThe intimate, warmsurroundings of the ChinaRoyal are ideal for the mostromantic dinner or thelargest banquet. Serving thebest in Chinese cuisine, it hasfive star scores on the doors,and is open throughoutall Bank Holidays.Deliciously Deliciously LincolnshireGoldAwarded for outstanding quality and service byLincolnshireTodayawardWWW.LINCOLNSHIRETODAY.NETTOP 100 HIDDEN GEMSELSHAM GOLF CLUBSO MUCH MORE THAN A GOLF CLUBDeliciously Deliciously LincolnshireGoldAwarded for outstanding quality and service byLincolnshireTodayawardWWW.LINCOLNSHIRETODAY.NETSet in stunning tranquil surroundings, be itfor membership, lessons or a round of golf.Ideal setting for Weddings, Special Celebrations or for anyone wishing toenjoy a fantastic meal in superb surroundings. This really is the perfectplace for friends and family to enjoy, relax and catch up. Barton Road, Elsham, Brigg DN20 0LS. 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A shock of white hair, hardened hands and a facelined with life command a certain sort of respect. It’s only inBritain and the US that our elderly occupy an infantilisedsubsection of society, stripped of their experience andrelegated to sponging off the state. For any of us that livewith or care for elderly relatives, we know that’s simply notthe case. While getting older is in many ways a cruel cosmicjoke, it does allow individuals to make sense of their place inthe world, reflect on experiences they might have otherwisehandled differently, or to create. Many of the world’s greatestartworks and literature have taken years to develop, with thepassing of time as much a tool as the pen, clay or canvas. But we do get old. With that process comes the inevitabledecline of our bodies and cognitive abilities, and while noteveryone suffers the same degeneration, for some dementiaand associated diseases can play cruel tricks on the mind.Time also ravages the body, with arthritis, osteoporosis andothers making living unassisted difficult. With rising houseprices, diminishing pensions and unpredictable politics,At a distanceHappy families stay together, but happier families enjoy timeapart. This can be tricky with elderly relatives in the household,but respite care offers the best option for all concerned. 62-65_Layout 1 20/04/2017 09:34 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY63Winter Storage Only £75include a Service for only £25 extraScooters kept securely and charged weeklyService & RepairsWe have an up to date fully equipped Service Centre to help with anybreakdowns or repairsFantasy IslandSea Lane, Ingoldmells01754 872898207 Roman Bank,Skegness01754 768006HireWheelchairWheelchair£5.00per day£25.00per week£25 refundable DepositScooterScooter£12.00per day£65.00per week£50 refundable Depositfamilies are becoming closer, with many opting for a worldlierset-up by living with elderly relatives under one roof. Thebenefits should be obvious, with children able to grow uparound their grandparents, rather than simply visiting onoccasion. It helps to create a healthier, more wholesomeenvironment, one where children aren’t left to fend forthemselves while mum and dad are both working jobs. Living with elderly relatives isn’t always easy, and requires alevel of compassion and understanding that we might notalways be able to maintain. More than that is the need toenjoy all that life has to offer, and dragging along gran can bemisguided at best. Respite care speaks to this need and is inmany ways the best of both worlds. Caring for a relative canbe stressful, so there’s no shame in wanting to take some timeoff. This is where respite care comes in, allowing said relativeto enjoy a getaway for a week or two. It’s as much a treat forthe relative who won’t want to willingly be a burden, and will64 Á© shutterstock/GagliardiImagesFor more informationinfo@countrycourtcare.comwww.countrycourtcare.com0843 506 9452Opening in August 2017!New Luxury Tallington Care Home, opening soon!Our new Care Home in Tallington located on Main Road, PE9 4RP will be registered to provide personalised residential and dementia care in a luxury environment, but at an affordable cost to the local community. The home will be purpose built in traditional stone to promote a lifestyle for residents that offers superior accommodation and a high quality of personalised care. The home will boast 30 en-suite bedrooms, a hair salon, a café/bistro, a shop, a cinema room, numerous lounges and communal areas. 62-65_Layout 1 20/04/2017 09:34 Page 2Cliff Bradley & SonsFuneral Directors LtdFor a prompt, sympatheticservice from a recognisedfamily businessPrivate Chapel of RestDay and Night ServicePre-paid funeral plans41 Heaton Street,Gainsborough, DN21 2EA(01427) 810619www.cliffbradley.co.uk64 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYCARINGprobably appreciate the change of scenery. If this becomes afrequent occurrence, perhaps once a year or every six months,your relative will likely forge new friendships in the process,and will relish their next visit.These caring facilities will have a variety of activities yourrelative might not have easy access to otherwise, such asswimming. Video games, particularly those that are based onmovement and motion control, are becoming more commonin care homes. With grown up children, not every householdmight have a game system, so don’t be surprised if yourrelative comes back with a new hobby or two. Wanting to go on holiday but being unable to take anelderly relative due to illness or disability can leave a familyfeeling guilty to the point they would rather miss out or invitegran along for what could well wind up being an awfulexperience for all involved. Respite care offers the perfectsolution, but there is another possibility. Some holidayproviders will have their own on-site respite care facilities,allowing families to holiday together, without having to worryand fuss over the elderly the whole time. It is, after all,supposed to be about letting your hair down and relaxing. Ifthere is a catch it’s that you’ll have to plan your getawaysaccordingly, as it’s no good expecting care facilities on ajungle safari or an extreme snowboarding retreat. More low-key examples include holiday and leisure parks, spa retreatsand hotels. © shutterstock/Monkey Business ImagesLive-in Personal Care and Lifestyle AssistantI have over 20 years experience in providing care and lifestyleassistance, for clients within their own home, who needhelp due to medical or age related conditions includingSpinal Cord Injury (SCI).SJL CAREYour CareSTARTS WITH YOUTo discuss your requirements or to make a bookingemail me at Sarah-jayne@sjlcare.com or call 07808 54376462-65_Layout 1 20/04/2017 09:34 Page 3LINCOLNSHIRETODAY65CARINGShock of shocks, your relative may actually want a breakaway from you. It’s nothing to take personally as everyone isentitled to their own wants, needs and time away from home.Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. It mightjust be a simple day trip to the coast or any one of the touristattractions throughout the county, but getting out and awayfrom the house does wanders for a person’s sense of self,independence and imagination – all integral to retaining ahealthy mind and body. A carer, or group of carers, can takeyour relative out, but will more often be part of a widergroup. Weekend getaways further afield can do wonders foryour relative’s social life, where there’ll no doubt form anumber of new friendships to be forged. It’s a sad fact thatfriends, life partners and relatives die, so the opportunity tomeet new folk will doubtless be a welcome one. Living with grandparents and elderly relatives under oneroof is a rewarding experience for all involved. They can helpease the burden of childcare, help out around the house andcreate a positive familial community – surely an idealenvironment for the little ones to flourish. As much as weneed a break from our work and responsibilities from time totime, so too do people need time apart from each other.Respite care is the perfect option for all involved to enjoythemselves apart. For families, it’s a chance for a holidayabroad without having to worry about their relatives all thetime, who’ll no doubt be enjoying their own time off awayfrom you. © shutterstock/Alexander RathsThe Grove Care Home is nestled in the leafy village of Waltham, deep in rural Lincolnshire. Our residents enjoy spacious rooms, a newly refurbished lounge and woodland garden. We offer residential & dementia care, in a loving and caring environment. Residents have lots of opportunities to participate in activities and to continue to enjoy their hobbies and interests. Come and see us, we’d love to show you our home!The Grove Care Home Ings Lane, Waltham, Grimsby DN37 0HB 01472 821 127 | info@countrycourtcare.comwww.countrycourtcare.comResidents at The GroveCare Home in Walthamprepare their ‘in bloom’competition entriesResidents at nursing and care homes across the Country CourtCare Group are donning their gardening gloves and getting togetherto participate in ‘Country Court Care In Bloom’ a company-widegardening competition. Homes across the group have been busyplanning, visiting garden centres, planting and potting! Thecompetition is fierce with lots of creative schemes underway.Relatives, friends and members of the community have been enlistedto help dig, plant, donate equipment or lend their gardeningexpertise.Residents at The Grove have had their own gardening club forseveral years, run by Enliven Gardening who specialise in providinggardening activities for people living with dementia. The group havealready been successful in local competitions and were delighted tocome 3rd in the Waltham In Bloom competition for “Best KeptResidential Home or Group Dwelling” in 2016. The Grove’sGardening Club is supported by volunteers from the village ofWaltham who have helped residents to create many projects fromhanging baskets to scarecrows!If you would like to know more about The Grove Care Homeplease contact Home Manager Amanda on 01472 821 127 oremail info@countrycourtcare.com 62-65_Layout 1 20/04/2017 09:34 Page 4LincolnshireheritageexploredThis may be a broad interpretation of the usualconcept of “Heritage” but our local geology,landscapes and their resulting wildlife do comprisemuch of our collective heritage. As much, it mightbe argued, as the physical features such asbuildings or industrial remains that we normallyassociate with the word. And conservation isimportant too! In all of this the work of theLincolnshire Wildlife Trust (LWT) is vital.A Lincolnshire Naturalist’s Union was inexistence since 1893. It though, like others aroundthe country, was primarily for dedicated amateursinterested in the “study” of nature but not incampaigning for public support or involvement.The Trust – initially the Lincolnshire NaturalistsTrust, becoming the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust in1999 – was founded largely through the efforts ofTed Smith, an Alford boy, who after universityand a teaching career in Yorkshire returned to hisLincolnshire roots. The Trust was establishedlegally on 2nd of November 1948 and officiallyopened on 2nd December that year beingregistered to Ted’s home address in Alford. It wasonly the third such organisation in the countryand was unusual – and crucially so – in that fromthe outset, in addition to promoting wildlifestudy, it actively encouraged the public onto itsreserves and to participate in its activities. Itbegan life with a membership of 129 and anincome of £82. By 1949 the new Trust had undertaken, alongwith the county council, the management of areserve at Gibralter Point near Skegness; stillone of its “flagship” reserves. In 1950 theTrust’s first property (Friskney Decoy Wood) waspurchased and the following year it assisted theNature Conservancy in identifying anddesignating Sites of Special Scientific Interest(SSSI’s) in Lincolnshire; 25 out of 31 of theTrusts recommendations being accepted. Later,from 1958, the Trust played a leading role inestablishing a Protected Roadside Vergesscheme – an idea that was to have a nationalimpact.Much of our county’s – and indeednational – heritage springs from ourlandscape and its wildlife. Thismonth we examine the history ofLincolnshire Wildlife Trust.66-67_Layout 1 19/04/2017 12:26 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY67at 50 acres of old gravelworkings at Whisby in 1985. A further145 acres were added in 1999 and theWhisby Nature Park currently comprises375 acres. The Millennium Visitor Centrethere was opened by the Duke ofEdinburgh in 2001. Other distinguishedvisitors were Prince Charles to GibralterPoint in 1971, Sir Peter Scott who openedthe first visitor centre there in 1963 andSir David Attenborough who opened anexpanded one in 1974.The Trust now owns or manages almost100 reserves, large and small, scatteredthroughout the county from the Humberto Deeping Lakes in the far south. Thehabitats too are widely diverse. Apartfrom the coastal marshes and dunesconserved habitats include the wateryEpworth and Haxey Turbary’s, drylimestone valleys like Ancaster, ancient,historic woodlands such as Legbourne,the glorious bluebell woods of Rigsby,near Alford and Dole Wood near Bourne,plus wildflower meadows represented byRedhill’s Coronation Meadow. Conservedwildlife includes plants, insects, toads,birds and seals.By its 40th birthday the LWT hadaround 8,000 members, a figure that hadGradually acquiring morereserves the Trust had by itstenth anniversary some 540members and by its twenty-fifthhad around 4,500 who had bythen formed fourteen Local AreaGroups. And the number of reserveshad reached thirty. Meanwhile, in 1965,it had taken the Alford Manor House as itsHQ and it was to stay until it moved to itspresent location at Banovallum House inHorncastle in 1993.Over the year’s reserves have continuallybeen added to the Trust’s estate includingthose at Frampton Marsh, Ancaster,Linwood Warren and the Epworth andHaxey Turbary’s. In 1968 the reserve atSaltfleet and Theddlethorpe dunes wasadded (this is now a national NatureReserve) (NNR) and in the early 1970’sthe trust acquired Snipe Dales, thoughthis was quickly sold to Lincolnshire CC,who leased it back again to the Trust andwent on to establish today’s Country Park.Then in 1978 at Donna Nook 3,000 acreswere leased from the MoD – the first suchcollaboration. Donna Nook remains one ofthe LWT’s most important reserves,renowned for its ever-increasing, andbreeding, grey seal population which nowattracts up to 70,000 visitors. (The latestseasons offspring numbering over 1,900).Meanwhile innovations continued withthe introduction of newsletters, reservenature trails and the Trusts shop at CastleSquare, Lincoln opened in 1978. Visitorscentres were opened at Gibralter Point in1974 for the Trusts Silver Jubilee and atFar Ings on the Humber bank in 1991, areserve acquired in 1983, nowconsiderably expanded and since 2005designated another NNR.A major inland reserve was establishedrisen above 10,000 by the Golden Jubileein 1998. Currently membership exceeds27,000 a figure that speaks volumes as tothe public appreciation of the Trusts workand its popularity amongst Lincolnshirefolk. Recent years have seen expansionstill continuing with additions the largefenland reserve at Willow Tree Fen (2009)and more recently the purchase ofWoodhall airfield.December 5th 2013 saw a severe blowdelivered to the LWT and its GibraltarPoint reserve when a tidal surge all butdestroyed the visitor centre. Undeterredthe Trust quickly had plans under way fora “improved” version. The resultant,striking, modern building (incorporating agreat café) is raised above any likely futureflood level and was officially opened inOctober 2016 by Simon King the well-known naturalist/broadcaster.Ted Smith went on to receive a CBE in1999 and sadly died in September 2015.His book “Trustees for Nature” - availablefrom the LWT - is an excellent read foranyone wanting to learn more of theTrust’s fascinating history.by Hugh Marrows66-67_Layout 1 19/04/2017 12:26 Page 268 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYCOUNTY MOTORINGLike every McLaren, theperformance of the 570S Coupéis breath-taking. It combines, asits names suggests, a poweroutput of 570PS with lightweightconstruction to give a power-to-weight ratio of 434PS per tonne. 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