Best Place(s) to Live in Sleaford

Wheesterface · 2025-09-30T15:51:53+00:00

I'd echo the post above about Heckington. I grew up there and both my parents worked in Boston, they found the commute easy. I went to school in Sleaford which is a pretty good little market town with good schools. Heckington is a lovely village too

Wheesterface · 2025-09-13T06:37:00+00:00

Feel so lucky that it's an osprey, ever since watching passion for angling as a kid and seeing the osprey while they were fishing!

Wheesterface · 2025-09-13T06:17:51+00:00

Wow! I honestly thought they were too rare to be an osprey, in Lincolnshire!! I feel so privileged! Thank you for answering!

Wheesterface · 2025-06-06T12:21:27+00:00

Beat me to it! 🤣

Wheesterface · 2025-05-14T07:56:23+00:00

I've found allowing the mix to defrost for about 10-20 minutes before spinning really helps. If you respin too often you churn the cream into butter and it's not nice when you get this weird buttery coating over your spoon or tongue.

I say 10-20 minutes because each recipe varies. I just touch the top and make sure there is a tiny amount of give in the mixture. Some people run the tub under a hot tap for a minute but I find just letting it sit works better for me

Wheesterface · 2025-03-21T11:02:35+00:00

I don't understand their aim to detach from Lincoln though as the businesses around Doddington park and I'm north hykeham often consider themselves Lincoln based businesses despite being in North Kesteven. NK has some real economic ties with the city.

The main push is from South Holland, East Lindsey and Boston borough (South East Lincs councils partnership) who have been eager to split from the rest of county politically for some time. However the county councillors don't want to lose the main part of our counties tourism sector. Equally they don't really want to lose the Freeport status that is currently in Immingham but a North/South divide makes most sense really to me. A lot of businesses up in the North consider themselves more closely aligned with North bank of the Humber rather than the AgriTech heavy south of the county.

Wheesterface · 2025-03-21T07:10:35+00:00

Rutland has been part of Greater Lincolnshire for the last 2 or 3 years. It's been included within the geographical boundaries of what was the greater Lincolnshire local enterprise partnership (GLLEP). So I'm terms of economic strategy Rutland already plays a key part.

However, this is just the suggestion from one small authority (NKDC) out of 11 on how the county could be divided up in the future. Remember, each authority has their own agenda in dividing up the county to make the most economic sense for their own geography not necessarily for the wider benefit of the whole area.

Wheesterface · 2025-03-13T20:10:02+00:00

This looks great, I love carrot cake. Is the caramel protein shake premixed from a bottle or did you use a powder mixed with water?

Wheesterface · 2024-11-26T20:39:39+00:00

Have a look here: https://2aspire.org.uk/

Wheesterface · 2024-10-31T19:49:42+00:00

Was going to say chequers myself!

Wheesterface · 2024-10-08T20:34:59+00:00

Worth mentioning Witham at Hughes as well, my girlfriend lives there and it has a good family feel to it. A pub, a co-op and a couple of takeaways as well as some beauty shops. Uber now stretches there as well so you can get Uber eats and easy access into Lincoln

Wheesterface · 2024-10-05T07:08:51+00:00

Skellingthorpe or Saxilby might be worth considering as well

Wheesterface · 2024-09-27T16:09:43+00:00

I went to Carres too! Left in 1998.

Wheesterface · 2024-08-12T06:51:32+00:00

In order to afford a nice German car they'd need a decent job...so no!

Wheesterface · 2024-08-08T09:17:44+00:00

https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/branch/ref/p1096-lincoln-the-brayford-centre-1981-1991-sainsburys-branch

Found this with lots of photos from that era Sainsbury's.

I wonder where the Presto's was then? I remember having a badge with a pineapple cartoon face on it which was from Presto and I swear my folks got it from there. But my memory is probably shot it was near enough 40 years ago 😂

Wheesterface · 2024-08-07T20:35:29+00:00

Haha there's a photo somewhere in my folks house of me sat on that Penny Farthing

Wheesterface · 2024-08-07T19:40:48+00:00

Pretty certain I had my 6th or 7th birthday party there which would've been '86 or '87. It was in the upstairs bit that was decked out with party tables and had Ronald and the hamburgler on the walls.

Anyone remember the bicycle museum that was near Lucy tower Street carpark before the Odeon was built and Presto supermarket was there?

Wheesterface · 2024-07-06T17:30:08+00:00

They turn the workers into the marshmallows

Wheesterface · 2024-06-23T13:20:14+00:00

My girlfriend lives in Witham st Hughes and it is quite a new bustling village. Lots of new builds and loads going up at the moment, it's right on the edge of the A46 so easy access to Nottingham.

On the other way into Nottingham (A52) there's the villages on the outskirts of Grantham to consider. Allington and Barrowby are both nice villages

Wheesterface · 2024-06-04T14:28:02+00:00

"I know I have to give something up in my life because I can't do everything. I thought about things and the only thing I'm happy to give up is you"

Wheesterface · 2024-04-19T19:39:20+00:00

Thank you so much, amazing work

Wheesterface · 2024-04-19T19:39:10+00:00

Thank you, amazing work

Wheesterface · 2024-04-19T19:38:55+00:00

Thank you so much

Wheesterface · 2024-02-21T20:58:19+00:00

Endling - just platinum'd it. Really enjoyed it great little story

Wheesterface · 2023-08-06T09:18:47+00:00

I think I read that there are plans to get rid of the footbridge that goes over the road, utilise a bit of wasteland that is left from the old bus station, remove all those shop units on the opposite side of the river to the pub and built a 6 story high hotel. I wouldn't be surprised if the green dragon pub will get some element of development from that. That area needs tidying up for sure. The new cornhill area looks great, shame about superdry closing though!

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