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Street crime arrives in sleepy Lincoln neighbourhood
Posted on July 9th, 2010 by Chris
Our quiet corner of Lincoln, a short road of mostly 1950s houses, this week became a fully paid-up member of the 21st century: knife crime has, at last, arrived.
“By eck, it’s getting more like the Bronx* every day,” we chuckled (hollowly).
On Wednesday evening, though, we still didn’t know exactly what had happened. We simply [...]
How Lincoln’s Hermit street got its name
Posted on December 12th, 2009 by Chris
More intriguing nuggets of information from Sir Francis Hill’s Medieval Lincoln (see also our recent post on Stanthaket).
A short walk up Lincoln High Street from its southern end (not far from where we live) you will find Hermit Street. With no further clues, you might assume that it was built where a hermitage or monastery [...]
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