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  1. "The Lincolnshire Poacher" is a traditional English folk song associated with the county of Lincolnshire, and deals with the joys of poaching. It is considered to be the unofficial county anthem of Lincolnshire. It is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No. 299.

  2. The Lincolnshire Poacher was a powerful British shortwave numbers station that transmitted from HM Government Communications Centre near Gawcott in Buckinghamshire, England, and later from Cyprus, from the mid-1960s to June 2008.

  3. The Lincolnshire Poacher is perhaps one of the best known examples of a numbers station. It’s probably the most talked about, with many listeners in the UK and Europe who recall listening to it as a child.

  4. Apr 16, 2014 · The Lincolnshire Poacher was so named because of two bars from an English folk song of that name being used as an "interval signal". Swedish rhapsody. Times have changed and technology has...

  5. "The Lincolnshire Poacher" is a regional English folk song, the unofficial anthem of the County of Lincolnshire, and behind Sir Isaac Newton and - uh hum - Margaret Thatcher - arguably its most famous export.

  6. History – Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese. Simon Jones, who started to make Lincolnshire Poacher cheese, is the fourth generation to be running the farm, which has been in the family since 1917. It is situated on the edge of the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds about ten miles from the east coast.

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  8. Jun 17, 1998 · The Lincolnshire Poacher is perhaps the best known example of this type of station. It's signature tune is an old English folk song called "The Lincolnshire Poacher". The tune is played at the beginning and end of each transmission, along with a five digit identifier - presumably the recipient of the message.

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