Bailgate and Westgate will be closed to traffic on May 20th and 21st, as steel beams will be arriving in Bailgate this week. The beams will be used for the refurbishment of the historic St. Paul’s in the Bail, while markers of Roman columns are reinstated.
The County Council say the traffic closure is necessary to enable safe delivery of the beams to the well site, due to the crane and large delivery vehicles. Access to Eastgate will be via a diversion route taking in Rasen Lane, Burton Road, Union Road, Carline Road, Drury Lane, and Castle Hill.
Work in St. Paul’s is due to be complete by the end of June. Meanwhile, Newport Arch is expected to re-open to traffic again in the first week of June. Repaving work is done on the carriageway between Westgate and Newport Arch, paving up to the Duke William Hotel. Parking will still be restricted at times to allow paving of the footways to be undertaken safely.
Work will then commence on Westgate, which will see the footways and carriageway repaved to the west of the build-out, opposite St. Paul’s in the Bail. Access to Westgate will be via Rasen Lane and Burton Road. This closure will also be made use of to install the remaining column markers on Bailgate.
“Refurbishment has now begun on the former site of St. Paul’s in the Bail Church and Roman well. This is a wonderful area to breathe new – and old – life into. The church building demolished in 1971 was largely Victorian, however the footprint which exists is of the earliest Christian church which stood on this site, possibly dating back to the last days of the Roman Empire,” said Les Outram, Project Manager for Lincolnshire County Council highways.
“We are also thrilled to continue reinstating the Roman pillar markers. As the name of the Bailgate Restored project suggests, we promised to retain and restore the area’s proud, historic elements. The columns once formed the frontage of the civic centre forum, the most important public building at the centre of the upper city and fronting on to the main street. The colonnades were found in the 1870s and are made of sandstone found in the Pennines. Given their diameter, they probably stood about eight metres tall,” Outram added.
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A Lincoln-based photographer has spoken of her love of capturing images of spectacular aircraft flying in the county’s skies.
Claire Hartley’s main photography interests are aviation and nature and several of her pictures have been published, including of the Red Arrows as the sun was low on a winter’s day which featured on the front page of The Times.
In an interview with BBC Look North, Claire said it’s “nice to know that people want to use” her photographs and she picked out to of her personal favourites from her collection.
This photo of a Lancaster flying over Tattershall Castle is a personal favourite of Claire’s. | Screenshot: Claire Hartley/BBC
A photo she took of a Lancaster flying back to Coningsby over Tattershall Castle will always be a favourite, with Claire saying: “That was one of those days where I just sat out in the rain and then just for a split second it came really good just as it passed over the top of the castle.”
She added that her second favourite “is probably one of the Red Arrows” flying in formation.
Claire’s photo of the Red Arrows was used on the front page of The Times. | Screenshot: Claire Hartley/BBC
“It’s not a technically perfect shot, it’s not very good resolution, but it’s the first one for me that took off on social media and that’s kind of the one that made things work for me,” she said.
A group of pupils in Sleaford have represented their school at a recent national track and field event, with four relay runners winning their race and earning the crown of English champions for their age.
On Saturday, July 2, an Inter Girls Athletics team made up of year 9 and 10 students from St George’s Academy in Sleaford, took part in the English Schools Athletics Association Track and Field Cup National Finals in Oxfordshire.
The girls qualified for the event for the first time in the school’s history after winning the regional round comfortably in Derby on June 16.
Heading into the national final they were already the best school for girls’ athletics in the whole North Midlands, and despite difficult conditions they did themselves and their school proud.
Lily Wilcox and Holly Dilks ahead of their triple jump competition.
The team consisted of 15 athletes and one team manager, they were:
Kyla Copus – Team Manager
Lily Wilcox
Lucy Cullum
Laurel Mountain
Maddie Cody
Freya Nicol
Holly Dilks
Holly Johnson
Keira Woollaston
Izzie Hemmant
Gabby Greig
Sienna Slater
Tia Coulson
Natasha Doggett
Holly Young
Tegan Thompson
Notable achievements for the girls were a 2nd place finish for Keira Woollaston, who threw a new personal best in the Hammer event, as well as a 4th place in the 100m for Sienna Slater. Her time of 13.0 seconds saw her qualify for the English Schools competition too.
Freya Nicol, Maddie Cody, Tegan Thompson and Natasha Doggett are officially the fastest school relay team in the country!
However, it was the relay team of Tegan Thompson, Maddie Cody, Freya Nicol and Natasha Doggett who stole the show – winning their race with an impressive time of 57.2 seconds.
St George’s Academy finished in 11th place out of 13 competing teams, missing out on the top 10 by just 15 points across the board.
In a competition dominated by independent and grammar schools, the performance of St George’s Academy caught the eye as the Lincolnshire-based girls took on, and in some instances beat, some of the best athletes in the entire country.
The girls did fantastically well competing against some of the country’s top young athletes.
Miss Cox, the coach of the team and a PE teacher at St George’s Academy, said: “I am so proud of what the girls have achieved this season and they have been a pleasure to work with!
“Their successes have been as a result of a huge team effort; commitment and dedication to training has been exceptional and the bond and friendship between the girls has driven them to push for more.
“They have become role models to younger year groups and are inspiring the younger teams to be as positive and enthusiastic about Athletics as they are.”
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