Who do you know at this school party?
Who do you know in this photo?
Otter, Anthony – Naval officer became a bishop
Anthony Otter (1896-1986) TONY Otter was the sixth Bishop of Grantham, in post from 1949 to 1965. He was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained his Bachelor of Arts {BA} in 1920 and proceeded Cambridge Master of Arts {MA(Cantab)} in 1925). After wartime service as an officer with the RNVR, he […]
Baily, Bob – Continued to serve church 30 years after retiring
Canon Robert Baily (1921 – 2016) Canon Robert Spencer Canning Baily was ordained priest in Salisbury Cathedral in 1945, at the age of 24. From then until 1969 he served five churches in Dorset, Bedford, Suffolk and Norfolk before becoming Director of Education for Southwell Diocese, work which he loved and recalled with pride. He […]
Holland, Sheila – County’s first woman to qualify as a funeral director
Sheila Holland (1927-2017) Sheila Holland was born in Swaton. She met David at Bmarco’s dance hall, Springfield Road when he was serving in the RAF. The couple married in 1953 at St Andrew’s Church, Helpringham. David first worked for John Hall and then C W Dixon of Wharf Road, where he learned the undertaking business. […]
Who can you name in this 25 year old picture?
Who remembers this social club?
Do you recognise these Central School girls?
Who remembers these cottages?
The malt ladies of Grantham
Spot the difference
Who do you know on this school photo?
Who recalls this place from the fifties
Look who’s come to town – the personality cult is nothing new!
Can you name any members of this band?
Grantham during the war – assorted pictures
Peacock, Nicholas – Grantham soldier killed in Ulster
Nicholas David Peacock (1968-1989) Grantham-born Nick Peacock was a pupil at St Wulfram’s School. He joined the Royal Anglian Regiment, holding the rank of private, but was killed less than a month into his duty in Northern Ireland with his regiment’s 2nd Battalion. He was the first soldier to be killed in 1989 in an […]