A Lincolnshire Farmer (Part One)Printed in volume Mourholme Magazine 1990 "H. J." knew Morecambe when the trams on the front were horse-drawn, and he retired to this area over a quarter of a century ago. But his origins and main career were in farming in Lincolnshire. He recalls in this first article aspects of his childhood and family and village life and of farming in the Fens in the early part of this century. "I was born in Sempringham Fen in 1903 and baptised at Sempringham Priory. My father was a farmer and moved to Rippingale at that period. My [...]
