Control yourself - tomorrow

is Lincolnshire Day!

Don’t get too excited, but tomorrow is the fifth “Lincolnshire Day” - held on the anniversary of the county uprising against Henry VIII in 1536 - which was known as the Pilgrimage of Grace.
The date for the event was chosen all those years ago by a ballot among two of the county’s least influential groups - readers of Lincolnshire Life magazine and BBC Radio Lincolnshire listeners.
Despite the fact that the event is tied to a particular date, we note that activities to mark it are being held randomly - if sporadically - throughout the month of October.
According to the “Lincolnshire Day” website, there are only eight events being held on the day itself, followed by three on Saturday and two on Sunday.
Thereafter, there are two more events, one on October 24th and one on the 30th.
And guess what?
Despite all its claims about its place in the nation and county’s history not a single event in Boston is listed.
Although the event does get a mention on the Borough Council’s what’s on list, it is to invite us all to travel to the Lincolnshire Showground (near Lincoln) for the first (and probably the last) Lincolnshire Business Convention.
“Lincolnshire Day” has emerged as something of a damp squib five years on from its inception, with the usual stuff celebrating the joy of sausages and the tendency to be Lincoln-centric.
But having said that, lowlier places than Boston, such as Alford, Mablethorpe and Horncastle have managed to wave the flag.
Perhaps there’s a little more spark within the walls of Tedder Hall than there is in the Avenue Foch also known as West Street.
Whatever, the bottom line is that an opportunity has been missed.
Where have we heard that line before?

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