* AROUND 1,600 scouts, cubs, guides and brownies gathered for an inspection by Deputy Chief Scout General Frank Mosservy.
Members came from Boston, Grantham, Wisbech and Peterborough for the event, held in Spalding.
Sir Frank said there was a spiri
t in the country today that must be removed from life – the 'couldn't care less' attitude.
* DESPITE only having one arm and an artificial leg, a Boston man was able to rescue a dog trapped in the mud near Town Bridge.
The heroics of Haydn Richards, of Rosegarth Street, saw him presented with the RSPCA bronze medal for humanity by Mayor Coun E.C. Stanwell.
An ex-serviceman, Mr Richards jumped down to the mud, fastened a collar around the golden retriever's neck and, with the help of police, pushed it out of the mud from behind.
* IT ALL turned a little Wacky Races during Boston Motor Cycle and Light Car Club's latest event.
Some entrants had been led astray after guiding arrows placed around the 22-mile course were moved.
Small children, rather than Dick Dastardly, were thought to be to blame.
Bargate ban was currying no favour with town traders
39 years ago this week…1969
We aren't sailing – pupils in Boston Grammar School's combined cadet force were using a 20-year-old dinghy for sailing theory. Pictured (from left) are cadets Spindley, Pedley, James, Shelton and Smith.
* JUDGES loved a model lighthouse made by a Boston girl, despite a potential design flaw.
Red Cross cadet Marilyn Mitcham, 15, of Bayswood Avenue, was presented with a cup and certificate for her hand-built contribution to the South Lincs Red Cross annual rally in Grantham.
The model lighthouse may have struggled near rougher seas, however, having been made out of washing powder.
* A VETERAN sailing dinghy discarded by the Royal Navy had been given a second lease of life…almost.
Members of the naval section of Boston Grammar School's Combined Cadet Force had inherited the 20-year-old vessel, which had been renovated by professional seaman.
The landlocked Grammar boys, however, had only been using the boat to gain theoretical knowledge of sailing.
* A HOVERCRAFT terminal could have been coming to Boston.
This was one of the suggestions made in the Opportunity in the East Midlands report, produced by the region's Economic Planning Council.
The council were predicting a decline in the agricultural industry and recommended the town get behind an expected boom in hovercraft services across the North Sea.
* DECADES before the Into Town bus service, council policy was still upsetting users of Strait Bargate.
A new parking ban meant shopkeepers could no longer stop outside their premises, even for deliveries.
Hardest hit was expected to be Currys, as deliveries of automatic washers, refrigerators and freezers would now have to be wheeled along the pavement.
Shopkeepers argued this would force people to walk in the road.
Fiesta time as George was competition winner
29 years ago…1979
Tractor driver George Hall (right) pictured celebrating with family members on receiving a limited edition Ford Fiesta, presented by Mayor of Boston Coun Jack Hildred (left).
* A BICKER man was stepping out of his tractor and into a limited edition car after winning a national competition.
Tractor driver George Hall had won one of five new Ford Fiestas in a Daily Express competition.
Mayor of Boston Coun Jack Hildred presented him with the keys to the car, made to commemorate the production of one million of the model in a record time.
Mr Hall said some of the credit must go to his wife for posting the coupon.
* DRAINAGE board workers were going to heroic lengths for an improved reception.
High above the Witham Fourth District Internal Drainage Board building, in Norfolk Street, workers were busy putting up a new aerial.
The shortwave radio aerial would transmit to vehicles within a 20-mile radius.
* AN INVESTIGATION had been launched into what killed a Kirton Holme pensioner's chickens and cabbages.
Robert Smith, 74, of Wigtoft Road, alleged chemical spray had drifted from nearby fields on to his premises.
Mr Smith had been growing the cabbages for more than 50 years from his own stock.
He said: "In all of my years of growing, I have never seen anything like it."
* IT WAS swings and roundabouts for Boston's schoolchildren.
The lunchtime school crossing patrol at the junction of Tunnard Street and Norfolk Street was to be reinstated, local authorities had announced.
However, the lunchtime patrol at the Norfolk Street and Horncastle Road junction was to go, and the High Street-Liquorpond Street patrol was to be totally discontinued.
Reverend showed his true colours
19 years ago this week…1989
Fashionably old-fashioned – The Legend of Camelot was the inspiration for these outfits, designed by Mark Overton and worn by Julia Hall, Louise Parson, Melanie Smith, and Debbie Martin.
* A CHILDHOOD memory sparked an
eight-hour drama when bomb squads were called in to deal with a legacy of the Second World War.
Police cordoned off Stickford and evacuated 34 people from their homes after villager Colin Chapman suddenly remembered two caches of bombs had been buried in one of the gardens.
Even cattle in neighbouring fields had to be moved to a safe distance during the search for the caches, one of which, it was discovered, held 14 grenades.
The Home Guard had deposited the caches there in case of German invasion.
* FROM pilgrims to The Pilgrims, a Boston vicar was showing his true colours for a good cause.
The Rev John Moore had dyed his hair black and amber and donned full Boston United strip for St Thomas's fete, which was expected to raise £2,500.
Mr Moore conducted a marriage before the fundraiser, but stressed he changed clothing after the service.
All the fun of the fete... at St Thomas's Church.
* SALVADOR Dali was coming off the canvas and on to the catwalks of Boston.
Students at Boston College had taken inspiration from art and history for its latest fashion show.
Designs ranged from those based on 50s trends, the Edwardian period, surrealistic painters, and medieval times.
* A BOSTON family were applying for planning permission that would transform a near-derelict warehouse into an 18-lane bowling alley.
Brian and Kevin Charity were to lodge an application to convert the former British Rail sack store which stood on the Redstone industrial estate into a complex that would include a bar, restaurant, child's play area, and computerised bowling alley.
At the time it would have been only the second bowling alley in Lincolnshire, after Lincoln.
