Places: May 2008 Archives

I was looking at the page about 'Metheringham Highlights'
In particular the section about 'Metheringham Railway Station'.
There is an error in fact in it, the original name of the station was 'Blankney and Metheringham'.
Before I dared to write this, I had a rootle around in a very old railway timetable to confirm my memory !!
Another observation is about the name of the track between the Station and Blankney Hall.
The formal name of it given by the occupants of the hall is 'The Old Coach-Road'
In the 1940's and 50's when I was a kid in Meg, we used to talk about walking and playing up and around 'The drive'.
Another story that I researched many years ago is that the Lord Londesborough was late and missed a train for a journey to London. As a result, he missed an appointment with the Queen.
To avoid any repeat of this, he had a law enacted in the House of Lords that decreed that 'Blankney Time' would be five (or maybe ten) minutes before the rest of England's time.
I have a vague memory of having a bus timetable for a bus going to Blankney from Metheringham arriving at a time before it left Meg.

Pete Byers

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Matt, from Grimsby, is a talented photographer, although in his Flickr profile he describes himself as a deadbeat. While he continues to produce wonderfully evocative photographs like those below, deadbeat is hardly an apt description.

Matt specialises in taking shots of urban decay, in and around Lincolnshire. He has a superb collection on Flickr, under the pseudonym of magoo squared, some of which are relevant to the Metheringham area.

The first of Matt's images is of a Nissan Hut at RAF Metheringham, between Metheringham and Martin.

The next is of the Nocton Hall ruins. This once vibrant stately home was severely damaged by fire a few years ago and now sadly the ruins are all that remain. Matt has done a sterling job of capturing the essence of the Hall even in its decaying state.

See some of Matt's other photos:

• The Grand staircase at Nocton Hall


• Nocton Hall Hospital corridor


• Nocton Hall Hospital doorway

Matt's website, urbanlincs, seems to have acquired a few technical gremlins as it doesn't display properly in a browser. Visit his Flickr photostream to see the rest of his work.

Thanks to Matt for permission to link to his wonderful collection.