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Richard Croft

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Retired 2014 after a long career in Pharmaceuticals. Now enjoying time with our grandchildren, indulging my historical interests, cycle touring and photography.

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Joined July 2019
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Survey of Lincoln@SurvLincFeb 1
That's wonderful news! Congratulations to all the contributors to our Sporting Sites in #Lincoln book.
Lindum Books (@LindumBooks) profile pictureLindum Books@LindumBooksJan 31
Our top 3 selling books for January! #topsellers #january @Caroline_writes @SurvLinc @canelo_co
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Survey of Lincoln@SurvLinc3 Nov 2025
Our 2025 publication is "Sporting sites in Lincoln: a history of the city's sports grounds". Details here thesurveyoflincoln.co.uk
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A contemptible slur on the BEF
Great War Huts (@GreatWarHuts) profile pictureGreat War Huts@GreatWarHuts20 Dec 2024
Lyndsay has a tale of two posters for Day 20 of HutVent, and the recruiting propaganda which proved too much even for the committee responsible for it... youtu.be/dbCNXY2yrqU #HutVent2024 #HutVent
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Tomorrow. A bit of an early start but there will be speakers and a discount on the day!
Survey of Lincoln (@SurvLinc) profile pictureSurvey of Lincoln@SurvLinc26 Nov 2024
Bishop Grosseteste Uni @BGULincoln are kindly hosting this year's book launch this Sat. An appropriate setting as the early days of education there are examined in the book, all about Learning in #Lincoln and the many buildings. All welcome! More here bit.ly/3UPsi2t
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In this updated edition of his acclaimed study of the black presence in Britain during #WWI, Stephen Bourne illuminates fascinating stories of black servicemen of African heritage. On sale now via @BookBub: buff.ly/3ZFXu7E @blackpoppies14 #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth
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@TheSimonKnott29 Jul 2024
'The Lost Villages of Norfolk' is the latest gem from Waterland Books, with words by Cameron Self and aerial photographs by @johnfielding001. Illustrated in colour throughout, it's a guide to more than than a hundred lost Norfolk villages, with an account and photograph of each. It's most impressive. It's £20 including postage from waterlandbooks.co.uk/shop/
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Wow - Edwardian oldest inhabited house in the World tosh @jpwarchaeology
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I can be found at the following Historic Building Mythbusting book tour dates this week: Tue 9: Buxton Fringe Wed 10: Edinburgh RIAS (Sold Out) Fri 12: Sonning Common Library Sat 13: Southwark Cathedral Sun 14: Newark Book Festival More info & tickets: triskeleheritage.triskelepub…
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Some of the ancient buildings that I'll be speaking in this month on the Historic Building Mythbusting book tour: Old Magnus Building at Newark (14/7), Norwich Castle (19/7), and Leicester Guildhall (23/7). For more information & tickets: triskeleheritage.triskelepub…
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For Father's Day, my Grandad card from Poppy She loves me more than Marmite ! I think I've peaked
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Fantastic talk today in Lincoln and equally good book !
Carla Linford (@CarlaLinford) profile pictureCarla Linford@CarlaLinford9 Jun 2024
Looking forward to getting stuck in to this bad boy! Great talk by @jpwarchaeology & lovely to finally meet you in person!
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I went to see this enigmatic dodecahedron at Lincoln Museum today .... 45 minutes of fascination, speculation and conversation with other geeks.
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For World Book Day ..... the 1903 First Edition is one of my greatest treasures.
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Picture of the Day from #Nottinghamshire 2013 #Newark #castle #RiverTrent #strategic geograph.org.uk/p/3720436 by Richard Croft
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SLHA@SocLincsHist11 Feb 2024
Just Published   Good Honest Tales.  150 Years of Batemans Brewery. Special offer at £14.99 from the Society’s Bookshop on Steep Hill, Lincoln (open Weds-Sat 10 - 4) or email- [email protected]  or ring shop 01522 532280. By SLHA member Adam Cartwright.
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Hexafoils or Daisy Wheels on a brick by a door jamb in a 19th century crew yard. I've seen lots of these apotropaic marks in earlier stone buildings, but these illustrate that the tradition continued in to the mid-19th century.
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From the Romans to LIncoln's newest cemetery on Long Leys Rd. our most recent booklet looks at how the dead have been treated. Other themed ones are more cheerful! eg, pubs and breweries, engineering, shops and shopping, George Boole etc. Explore here bit.ly/2IvSnkS
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My birthday falls but once a year, Let's celebrate with some Belgian beer.
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Although he is best known for his groundbreaking post-war architecture, Sam Scorer also experimented with art forms such as painting & drawing, using abstract shapes and colours to create vibrant & interesting work Sam Scorer: A Life in 14 Buildings is open until 21 January 2024
A gallery with artwork on the wall, with a wooden structure positioned on the right.

ALT A gallery with artwork on the wall, with a wooden structure positioned on the right.

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Survey of Lincoln@SurvLinc8 Dec 2023
Padley's 1842 map of #Lincoln shows the burial ground of the Society of Friends, or #Quakers. The original house is labelled 2. There is nothing of the cemetery to see now, and Erin Bell's chapter explains why. bit.ly/3RmNdYm
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