Monday, 5 January 2026

And so begins a new year

Before setting off on this, the first blog post of 2026, I'd like to wish you all a happy new year and I do hope you've had a wonderful break between the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026!

The bell tower of All Saints with Holy Trinity just after the ringing in of the New Year!
In 2025 I managed to post 68 blogs, covering a variety of topics ranging from commemorations - like 300 years since the birth of Robert Bakewell, 120 years of the Carnegie Library, the annual commemoration of the Zeppelin raid of 1916, and an alphabetical celebration of 100 years of the exhibition in Paris which gave its name to Art Deco. Also, there have been the usual 'So Who Was' posts - like John Thomas Judges, and William Thomas Cartwright - posts about buildings - like Burleigh Hall, and the Old Rectory - posts about connections - mostly with Agatha Christie - and a serialisation of Goadby's 'History Of Loughborough'. And then there were the posts about various events I'd attended, and the Heritage Open Days events I took part in. 

In August I wrote that the viewing figures for the blog were nearing a staggering and unexpected 1million! Since then, they have surpassed that figure and today are standing at 1,122,023! I can't thank you enough for being part of my readers! If, like many of us these days, you view the blog on your mobile phone you won't get the full experience of the blog - the web view has a pinned post, a list of all the blog posts, and clickable keywords. So, in order to make sure you don't miss a post, there is a complete list of all the blog posts I've written available from here: 'Links to All the Blog Posts in lynneaboutloughborough'. 

As you probably know, as well as working on the blog, I also lead guided walks, give presentations, contribute to projects that further our knowledge of Loughborough's history, and write books, the latest of which, 'Loughborough At Work' was published in September 2025.

2026 looks as though it's going to be as busy as year as previous ones, so I'm looking forward to that!

Wishing you well in 2026!

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