A 106-year-old ornate hearse faces an uncertain fate of being sold or even cremated – unless a permanent home can be found for it. Long Sutton and District Civic Society has been searching for a permanent home for the hand-drawn hearse for nearly a decade and has now launched a new appeal for help. The beautifully made glass door wheeled carriage was built by Waltons, a Long Sutton coach builder, in 1918 for Long Sutton Urban District Council. It has had a number of temporary homes in recent years at an undertaker’s, St Mary’s Church, and Lincolnshire Museum of Country Life who had it for 20 y…
