May 16, 1954 and the only through train to Horncastle ever to run from Donington on Bain and the line across the Lincolnshire Wolds via Louth, is greeted by an enthusiastic group of Horncastle station staff and the public. Photo: Wm. Woolhouse collection/LCLR Historic Vehicles Trust
For Horncastle and Woodhall Spa, it was the end of the line for a service that had begun in 1855.
Despite opposition, daily passenger services ceased on September 13, 1954.
A special service, organised by railway enthusiasts, ran 10 years later, bringing the largest steam locomotive ever seen in Horncastle to the branch. From then, only goods trains ran, with the crew opening and closing level crossing gates and changing the points on the seven-and-a-half mile run from Woodhall Junction.
Best preserved Roman oven among finds discovered during the Spalding Western Relief work
| Updated: 13:35, 26 January 2021
A Roman oven was among the thousands of artefacts discovered along the route of the Spalding Western Relief Road.
Archaeologists had uncovered a range of objects during a dig along the route, which starts at Pinchbeck Road, with the oldest activity dating back to the Iron Age.
Lincolnshire County Council s Historic Environment Officer Ian Marshman said one of the most interesting finds has been an unusual type of Roman oven, known as a tannur.
A replica of a Roman Oven Credit: Worcestershire County Council
Dr Marshman said: A similar type of oven is still in use today in India, called a tandoor, with food baked in it known as tandoori.