Geraldton Guardian and Express (WA : 1929 - 1947), Saturday 28 August 1937, page 1


LOUTH'S SPIRE

HIGHEST IN LINCOLN-SHIRE IN SPLINTS FOR MONTHS

Louth's famous spire which claims the distinction of flying the highest flag in Lincolnshire during Coronation week — it was well over 300 feet from the ground — has been in splints for some months past. The tower on which the spire rests has also shown signs of weakness, and it has been decided to strengthen it with the help of the

latest scientific devices which Mr. God-fred the architect, employed success-fully on Lincoln Cathedral. Although after the restoration the tower and spire will look exactly the same, and some will find it difficult to say where the £3,000 that must be raised for this part of the church alone has been spent, they will be stronger than they were when first built over 400 years ago. The work on the spire has aroused extraordinary interest in the country-side, and the response to the appeal has come from a wide area. The first con-tributor was the inmate of a Poor Law-Institution. The last donation has come from India, where officers of the Lin-colnshire Regiment and their wives or-ganised a fun fair on its behalf. The Pilgrim Trust has shown its recogni-tion of the importance of the work by a grant of £750.