Holbeach Memory Lane

A new pop-up museum has opened its doors in Holbeach High Street.

Memory Lane tells some of the stories behind the town and is a wealth of information on its past.

Coun Tracey Carter came up with the idea for a mini-museum, which will be in place for at least six months initially.

With help from Lincolnshire County Council and South Holland District Council as well as local historian Linden Secker, it has turned into a real community effort to get it open.

With sponsorship from Ashwood Homes, Broadgate Homes, Jelson Homes and CJ and CA Penny Consulting Ltd, its doors will be open from 10am to 4pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 10am to 1pm on Saturdays.

A team of volunteers will man it including some of those working with services at the town’s branch of specialist support provider County Care.

Coun Carter says she hopes it will attract more people to the town and that surveys given out to attendees in the first few days of opening back up it’s doing that.

The whole installation was carried out in a day and as well as signs created alongside Energy Cell and Lincolnshire County Council there’s two TVs showing footage from the area provided by the Lincolnshire Film Archive.

As well as tales and folklore surrounding the town there are historic documents including Holbeach Fire Crew log books from the 1960s. Ayscoughfee Hall has also donated artefacts, while a walking history trail around Holbeach is on offer as well.