Rodney Cousins, formerly assistant curator of the Lincolnshire Rural Life Museum , was the guest speaker at this month's Burgh W.I. meeting and gave a fascinating talk and slide presentation on “Dutch Lincolnshire”, which illustrated the Dutch influence and links on and with Lincolnshire .

Mr Cousins gave examples of architecture with slides of Tattersahll Castle and buildings in Boston having brickwork and building styles which originated from the Netherlands as well as live stock, the Shire horses and Friesian cows , food products such as Fray Bentos and Geest bananas and household products manufactured by Uni-lever all have the Dutch connection.

Windmills generally associatiated with Holland were, however, an English invention which the Dutch adapted to move water from one level to another.

In the absence of Margaret Williamson, delegate of the Spring Council Meeting at the Embassy, Pamela Vessey read out her detailed and well expressed report.