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Here, former Mayor&apos;s Officer Joe Cooke and his wife Julie talk about their love of the place.
Mr Cooke, 68, served as Mayor&apos;s Officer in Lincoln from 1983 until May this year.
The former Grenadier Guardsman is a font of knowledge about all things Lincoln, having conducted countless visitor tours around the city&apos;s historic Guildhall.
Mr Cooke, together with barber Frank Connell, has also raised more than £1 million for local good causes over the past 30 years.
He said: "If you ask me what I love about Lincoln and Lincolnshire it&apos;s the people. I moved to Lincoln from Jarrow in the North East in 1966 and my philosophy is that if you can make friends with a Lincoln person you make a friend for life. They are very loyal people."
Mr Cooke retired on May 16 after attending his final mayor making ceremony in his official capacity when Councillor Chris Burke was sworn in as the 811th Mayor of Lincoln.
He and his wife Julie are planning a visit to Canada to meet descendants of Lincoln industrialist William Tritton, credited as the co-inventor of the First World War tank along with Walter Wilson.
Mr Cooke championed the campaign that saw the tank memorial unveiled on the Tritton Road roundabout in 2015 in honour of the city&apos;s engineering prowess, and his wife Julie served as secretary to the Lincoln Tank Memorial Group.
Mrs Cooke said: "My family goes back to the Lincolnshire of the 1600s. I love the incredible history, from the Romans to medieval Lincoln, the wolds, the coast and Gibraltar Point."