Secret Lincolnshire

Explore fascinating stories from Lincolnshire.

Radio Lincolnshire,80 episodes

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The top-secret D-Day tanks tested in Lincolnshire
The amphibious trials were held on the river Trent.
04 Jun 2026,8 mins
The doctor who cured the madness of King George
Francis Willis was a pioneer of mental health.
22 May 2026,9 mins
Saved from the gallows: The tale of Amos Gilbert
The labourer's life was spared - but at a cost.
15 May 2026,10 mins
Laurel & Hardy: A century of laughter
The comedy legends often visited Lincolnshire.
08 May 2026,14 mins
The Pilgrim Fathers' Immingham connection
Their story began long before the Mayflower voyage.
01 May 2026,6 mins
The 'Invisible man' behind Michael Jackson's hits
Rod Temperton wrote Thriller and Rock With You.
24 Apr 2026,12 mins
Grimsby Docks: Voices from the sea
Real voices, real memories: An audio scrapbook of life on Grimsby’s docks.
17 Apr 2026,5 mins
Tobacco, chocolates & Lancasters: The Roses story
The firm was an engineering giant in Gainsborough.
02 Apr 2026,9 mins
The clockmaker who changed the seas
From clocks to the chronometer, Harrison transformed how sailors navigated the seas.
26 Mar 2026,4 mins
Solved: Kari's beach house boat-tail mystery
How did the vessel from Grimsby end up in Norway?
03 Mar 2026,7 mins
Gainsborough's 40 days as the capital of England
Sweyn Forkbeard chose it as his capital in 1013.
11 Feb 2026,4 mins
Burned for her beliefs: The story of Anne Askew
Her defiance of King Henry VIII led to her death.
28 Jan 2026,9 mins
Tales from the Sea: A life on the Grimsby trawlers
Tony Roach spent 32 years as a trawlerman.
19 Jan 2026,10 mins
Crying Christmas: Lincoln's lost festive tradition
A mayoral band would 'cry' the start of Christmas.
22 Dec 2025,6 mins
Lawrence of Arabia: From the desert to Lincolnshire
After WWI he came to RAF Cranwell to escape fame.
12 Dec 2025,8 mins
75 Years of BRM: Lincolnshire's pioneering F1 team
Part 3: A lasting British motorsport legacy
29 Nov 2025,9 mins
75 Years of BRM: Lincolnshire's pioneering F1 team
Part 2: Hill, Stewart and the golden years
29 Nov 2025,10 mins
75 years of BRM: Lincolnshire's pioneering F1 team
Part 1: From Bourne to the World Championship
28 Nov 2025,10 mins
Aleen Cust: Britain's first female vet
She had links to a famous Lincolnshire family.
21 Nov 2025,9 mins
The Grimsby Imp: a tale of mischief and stone
A stone imp in a minster - but not that one.
14 Nov 2025,5 mins
Just Jane: Fred and Harold's flying memorial dream
It's hoped the Lancaster will return to the skies.
07 Nov 2025,10 mins
Byard's Leap: How a horse defeated a witch
Lincolnshire’s enduring myth of a witch, a knight and a horse’s leap.
30 Oct 2025,4 mins
Joseph Banks' voyage of scientific discovery
He sailed on Captain Cook's voyage to Australia.
24 Oct 2025,8 mins
Emily Langton Massingberd: Pre-feminist icon
She pre-dated the Suffragette movement by decades.
17 Oct 2025,6 mins
Crowle’s Peatland Railway: Rebuilding the past
Crowle’s Peatland Railway revives lost moorland history through restored tramways.
08 Oct 2025,5 mins
Barton's lost bike empire
From a small blacksmith’s shop to a worldwide exporter of his own manufactured bicycles.
24 Sep 2025,7 mins
"Flying with the souls of 55,000 on our shoulders"
Sqn Ldr Paul 'Ernie' Wise flies the BBMF Lancaster.
19 Sep 2025,7 mins
Calendar Boys: Part 2 - Baring all in Lincoln
A group of Lincoln women struggle to get a nude male calendar printed.
12 Sep 2025,8 mins
Calendar Boys: Part 1 - "Liberated sexmongers"
A nude male calendar is made in Lincoln in the 70s.
12 Sep 2025,9 mins
The village chapel and the naked rock star
The Lincolnshire chapel that shaped music history.
23 Aug 2025,9 mins