Antiques Roadshow

First Stop is Lincoln Cathedral

The following article appeared in the Historic Lincoln Newsletter, March edition, and they very kindly allowed me to reproduce it.

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BBC ONE's ever popular Sunday evening programme ANTIQUES ROADSHOW will be filming for its 32nd series at Lincoln Cathedral, on Thursday, 19th March, 2009. The doors open at 9.30 am and close at 4.30 pm. This will be the first filming venue of the series.

This will be presenter Fiona Bruce's second year with the Roadshow and she says, "Presenting the Antiques Roadshow is, for me, one of those rare and very lucky coincidences in television when you get to work on a show that you love to watch"

Some of Britain's leading antiques and fine arts specialists will be on hand to offer free advice and valuations to visitors who are invited to raid their attics and bring along their family heirlooms, household treasurers and car boot bargains for inspection by the experts.

People with large items can send details and photographs of their objects to: ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, BBC, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2LR or e-mail: antiques.roadshow@bbc.co.uk

Series editor Simon Shaw says: "The team are all looking forward to visiting Lincoln Cathedral. It's always exciting to see what will come to light on the day. We regularly see between 1500 and 2000 visitors on the day. Despite the high turnout everyone will get to see an expert.

Helen Wilson from Lincoln Cathedral said "the show is watched by 8-9 million viewers every week so it is an excellent profile for the city".

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Any Journal readers who fancy going along tomorrow, and who have items that may be of interest and value, this is your chance to get a free reliable estimate from some real experts. If you would like to be on the Historic Lincoln Newsletter mailing list, you can ring 01522 550641 with your details, or alternatively e-mail: chantelle.grundy@lincolnshire.gov.uk For general information about events in the Lincolnshire area click the following link http://www.visitlincolnshire.com/

Who Am I?

Another Who Am I puzzle to solve. Study the usual 10 questions and try to work out the name of our mystery celebrity

01 I was born on 31 December 1941.
02 I grew up in Govan, Scotland.
03 I married my wife Cathy in 1966.
04 My father worked in shipbuilding.
05 I have three sons Mark, Darren and Jason.
06 I was awarded the OBE in 1983.
07 I was awarded a CBE in 1995.
08 I became a Knight Bachelor in 1999.
09 I hold the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen.
10 I once played football for Falkirk.

Good luck with this puzzle! Answer will appear in the Journal tomorrow.

Today's Smile

The Royal Oak, Scopwick, Revisited

Landlord of the Royal Oak, Scopwick, Frank Rainey,

entertaining his regulars with his accordion, (1940's).

A picture of me, with my father, taken at

my grandfathers house in Scopwick (1944).

The building in the background is the

Royal Oak Pulic House.

On the 12th February I published a photograph of the Royal Oak, Scopwick, dating back to the early 1900s, sent in by reader David Butler. On the same theme, David has sent in another photograph, probably taken around the late 1940s, showing pub regulars being entertained by the Landlord, Frank Rainey, playing the accordion. David has identified some of the people in the picture but we still need names for the three men seated in the centre of the picture, the lady standing at the back and the man in the top right corner of the picture. If any Journal readers recognise any of the unidentified customers please e-mail me at garlant@btinternet.com I would be very interested to hear from you.

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