Fun at Springfield playing field

January 5, 2019 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

THESE people were taking part in a fancy dress parade at Springfield playing field in August 1929. Starting outside Springfield Mission (now replaced by the Lindens) the parade march up Victoria Street, down Stamford Street, along to Huntingtower Road, Harlaxton Road and Alexander Road before returning. They were raising funds to equip the playing fields in view of the danger posed to children by the increased traffic.. It is unclear where the playing field was but it was possibly behind the mission which eventually became a bowling green.
Does anyone know where the Springfield playing field was? And does any reader have a photograph of Springfield Mission?

20 years since this iconic building was demolished

January 4, 2019 by Grantham Matters 1 Comment

Demolition of Grantham Motors, London Road in 1999. In foreground (far right) is the Salvation Army Citadel

Grantham Motor Company, London Road. 15 years earlier. Photo: Vaughan Hardy

Who remembers this shop?

January 4, 2019 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

Piper’s Penny Bazaar 90 years ago was where Revolution is now. My mother (second from right in picture) worked them from 1929 before going on to Woolies where she became a supervisor. She had to leave there when she married in 1940 because Woolies had a policy of not employing married women.

Mine’s a pint – but where is it?

January 4, 2019 by Grantham Matters 1 Comment

Ready for the fight

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Paul Clark says: Royal Air Force groundcrew at RAF Spitalgate during the second world war,my late grandad,George Foster,is bottom left.

Who has memories of this pub 10 years ago?

January 3, 2019 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

Who do you know in this old photo?

January 3, 2019 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

Great Ponton Cricket Club in 1969 Back – T Johnson, D Watchorn, P Wells, John Wood, Bob English andGraham Ladds; Front – Terry Adams, Derek Steptoe, Jack Tuckwood (captain), Dave Rhodes & John Tear.

Name this village near Grantham

January 3, 2019 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

Taken a century ago

Fancy a pizza from the Grantham goldsmiths

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R W Bird Silversmith & Goldsmith in 1909. Notice the window etchins were there a centiury later when it was Pizza Express. On High Street next door to the George.

Who recalls this protest?

January 2, 2019 by Grantham Matters 1 Comment

Protest against plans to mine in the Vale of Belvoir back in 1979

Good bye to the roller

January 2, 2019 by Grantham Matters 3 Comments

The road roller presented to the town and usuaed for many a children to play on in Wyndham Park, is taken away in 1999

Old road roller in Wyndham Park, about to be removed by SKDC as a child had fallen from it.

Celebrating peace in Westgate a century ago

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Grantham 30 years ago

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Looking south from St Wulfram’s. Photo: Paul Clark

Who do you know in the 1983 photo?

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Sexy dance at Grantham College

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1969 Grantham College Review – Ed Turner

Who knows these drivers?

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Grantham Road Services, Harlaxton Road, Workshops 1974- One of the fitters Jimmy Harford on a cabless (Repairs for accident damage) AEC Marshal belonging to John Lees scrap department : photo Anthony Yeomans

Where in Grantham is this?

January 1, 2019 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

This is in clear public view but seems somewhat worn and diffult to read. Does anyone know what it says – or even where it is?

Lovely day for a dip

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Dysart Park pool in the early 1960s from Paul Clark

Watergate in the Fifties

December 31, 2018 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

THE buildings on the right at the bottom of Watergate were demolished to make way for Key Markets supermarket while many on the left were sacrificed for a car park. The poster on the right for Poacher referred to a brown Ale made by local brewer Flowers. It would have cost about 10d (4p) a bottle then and was probably the first beer Grantham schoolboys tasted. This scout parade was in 1953.