Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Dullard of the week award

Regular visitors and eagle eyes local residents will have noticed over the past few months a large set up of scaffolding being erected and recently dismantled at Tattershall Castle. This was part of a project to restore and replace the stonework window frames from the West side of the building. The work started last November, and was completed in July at great expense, but the feedback we have received has been positive and we are all very pleased with how the work turned out.


The West side of the Castle is the 'back' when visitors approach from the entrance now, but in the Castle's heyday it would have been the front, the majority of the visitors (at least, the most important visitors) would have approached from that side. It is the side where the windows are all symmetrical and most impressive.



Imagine our surprise when we noticed the other day that one kindly soul has decided to seize an opportunity at immortality in the most selfish manner.


Congratulations Lee, you win our Dullard of the week award. Next time you drop into the Castle simply make yourself known to staff and we will be happy to present you with your prize.


Until Lee comes forward to collect his prize, we suggest you act mean and horrible to anybody you know called Lee.

2 comments:

  1. I would like to comment fully on my thoughts about Lee, I'll just let you work out that it rhymes with 'rat' and 'banker'.

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  2. I really hate to see graffiti all over historic sites. It's just dumb.

    However it's sometimes interesting to see really old graffiti. I think there's one in the castle dated 1643, is that the oldest?

    Boston Stump also has some old graffiti, dated 1751.

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