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Welcome to SkillingtonScribe
The primary purpose of this website is to publish my book A
History of Skillington. This book was originally produced as bound
printed copies with 50 making up the first edition and, shortly
afterward, an improved version went to 35 copies.
I was pleased to receive an excellent review by the Grantham Journal and
maybe this contributed to a quick sale of all copies. Further
orders totally approximately 15 followed. Unfortunately
the viable number for printing is a minimum of 35 so, the only way
forward was to place it on the web. This
new edition is virtually identical to the second and this format
has the advantage that it can be used as a reference or whatever
parts are of interest can be downloaded.
The
book takes a comprehensive look at this small village situated in the South
Kesteven district of Lincolnshire from the second millennium back into the mists
of time. The 'ordinary' folk are
well featured in pictures, anecdotes and family histories as well as the
celebrities. Among the latter are
Sir Isaac Newton, the Reverend Charles Hudson (first to climb the Matterhorn),
LWR Morley (founder of Vacu-lug) and visitors David Niven and a young Margaret
Thatcher. There is also a strong
American input due to the proximity during WW2 of the airbase at Saltby (now
Buckminster Gliding Club). Skillington
became a focal point too for the new Methodist movement in the late 18th
century. Altogether a fascinating rural community!
Since
the year 2000, the village has gone on to win a gold medal in the National
Village in Bloom contest but, as at this moment of writing, there is no village
website to give up-to-date information or extol its virtues.
Much
of the credit for this website goes to Dr Ismail
Jalili, of Stamford who 'kick-started' the idea and
put a lot of selfless work into its production.
Trevor
Palmer
Skillington, UK
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