Issue 51 - Lincolnshire Lad
Contrary to popular belief Lincolnshire is not ‘all flat’.There is a high area of limestone and chalk running through the county, but to the east of this ridge are the Fens and coastal flatlands, and to the west the wide sweep of the Trent valley formed by meltwater from the last ice age.
In the 1930s, villages adjacent to the lower Trent were mainly tightly confined between the floodbank and alluvial farmland, often at lower levels than the embanked Trent, and generally the roads were unsuitable for heavy traffic.Thus the area was somewhat isolated and the locals rather insular in their outlook.
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