Cricketers, officials and umpires all enjoy visiting Luddington for North Lindsey League fixtures. It's a traditional village setting and they are renowned as a friendly bunch - on and off the field.
The cricket club uses the Village Hall for teas and this month sees that major facility celebrate its 25th anniversary, with the Hall opening its doors from 2pm on Sunday, March 21 for everyone to join in the celebrations.
The highlight of the afternoon will be the unveiling of the new sign at 3pm by Coun Stewart, followed by afternoon tea and a quiz spanning the past 25 years.
People from the area are invited to share their memories and loan any photographs they may have of Luddington Village Hall, hopefully including some of cricket teams past.
Luddington CC used to use the village pub for teas until its closure in December 2008; they now use the Village Hall and after the match tend to head off to the River Don at Eastoft. At that hostelry, mine hosts Gordon and Karen generally do the cricketers proud, especially on Thursdays (Snaith and District Midweek League) when they put on curry and chips. Just the thing to keep out the cold on chilly evenings.
In Luddington, there seems no sign of the Lincs Arms reopening - a sad reflection of the times in today's Britain where many village hostelries continue to lose the battle to keep going.
The Stewart Clan, of course, are well-known across Lincolnshire for cricketing (and hockey) connections stretching back many, many years, particularly with Normanby Park and in the Epworth area.
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