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Grantham’s first airport

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The two biplanes had lost their way flying from Blankney, near Lincoln to Hendon, and made an emergency stop at Whalebone Lane, near what became Spitalgate airfield. Needless to say, crowds turned out – as they really hadn’t seen one before!

Who recalls these baths?

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The slipper baths on Wharf Road circa 1904. They were demolished in 1984 to make way for the Isaac Newton Centre. Next door is the old Wesleyan Church which fell down in the 1920s due to the lack of foundations. Another one was built on the site.

Do you know any of these Grantham shoppers?

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SHOPPERS queued outside bakeries during the national bread drivers’ strike in 1974 forcing the supermarkets to run out. The bakery is Websters, next door to what was then the Blue Man and later became the Malt Shovels. In the background is Johnson and Basker, wine and spirit merchants.

Who remembers this building?

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BRADLEY’S Alms Houses which stood opposite the Journal’’s High Street offices in 1964. Up the steps was an unofficial short cut to Elmer Street South. On the left was John Porter’s shoe shop and on the right a delightful Georgian building occupied by Mr Wallace, the dentist. All were demolished to make way for a modern, shoebox-like block of shops.

Who do you know in these school photos?

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Who can you name in this photo?
FRED Bennett, captain of the Boys’ Central School’s Smith House, is shown receiving the inter-house swimming trophy, the Samuel Thorp Memorial Shield, in 1954. Mr Thorp was the school’s founding headteacher. The shield was presented by Mayor of Grantham Ernest Hardy.

Who remembers these people?

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The picture by Terry Shelbourne was sent in by Vaughan Hardy. It shows Mrs Olive Aukland selling the Nottingham Evening Post outside the old Post Office on St Peter’s Hill in the late 1950s. She was almost a fixture. In the foreground is Mr Betts. Behind them are two K6 telephone kiosks.

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