My father, Bill Goodhand, who has died aged 87, was a local historian, a champion of local politics and a strong supporter of the idea that small is beautiful.
He was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, to Ethel (nee Evison) and Don Goodhand, a railway signalman. From the City school, Lincoln, he went to Birmingham University, gaining a geography degree (1955) and then taking a teaching qualification.
