Photograph: Spalding Parish Church from Ayscoughfee Hall and Gardens
Category: Lincolnshire
Photograph: Georgian Welland Terrace, Spalding, Lincolnshire
Photographs: The Lincolnshire Rising of 1536
The Lincolnshire Rising of the autumn of 1536 was a popular uprising in protest to King Henry VIII’s and Thomas Cromwell’s decision to dissolve the monasteries. It was the spark which led to the more widespread uprising, called the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536-7.
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Poem From A Picture: ‘Tidy’
The church is a tidy corner of my mind,
a space safe from intrusion,
for only like-minded souls may enter.
There is a code, not for dress, but for respect
and yes, the truth – true as light enters
from the south window and door,
as sure as nature rules over us
by allegory and design
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Milly Reynolds – British Crime Fiction Author
Milly Reynolds is an established crime fiction author.
Her main character is DI Mike Malone, not your typical sleuth. He’s kind of nice and affable, with only one or two hang ups in his past!
He’s based in ‘sleepy’ Lincolnshire, in the east of England, where the local community is friendly, though at times a little strange and well…
The books are a little quirky, perhaps quintessentially English in style.
Another character is Jack Sallt, a detective who could have wandered onto the other side of the tracks, but who has a certain charm and winning way, with a penchant of getting into trouble.
Find her books here
Watch a video interview here
copyright Francis Barker 2020
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