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Ambitious plans for Watergate

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A MODEL of Grantham’s new Watergate shopping development revealed in 1964. While Watergate House went ahead and the east side was Watergate demolished, the shops and office accommodation which crossed the road never came to fruition.

When Grantham factory had a private railway

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I worked at Barfords in the late 60’s and they had there own yard engines on site.This photograph shows a tram locomotive taken from Rochester to Grantham in 1934.They had a railway line under Spitalgate Hill which ran alongside the LNER line,the tunnel can still be seen in the Aldi car park. Vaughan hARDY

Who do you know in this Grantham photo?

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These lads were apprentices at Bmarco in 1979. It was sent in by Rob Harrison. from left, Erwin Zisweller (training manager), Adrian Crowson, John Harrison, Rob Harrison, Brian Raynor, Chris Bellamy, Andy Green, Andrew Chamberlain, Andrew Beck, Steve Footitt, Nigel Corby, Ian Broadbridge, Jimmy Wright, Peter Briskham (Training Manager)

Remembering Camerons of Grantham

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Watergate Grantham 1950s. This picture of Watergate shows, on the extreme right, the Newspaper / Stationers shop of Camerons where my mother worked for many years. At the time it was owned by Mrs Holt, when it changed hands the shop retained its name but moved premises along into North Street but even that shop is now something else. The orginal building still exists – unusually for Watergate. Second picture is of my Mother, Mrs Holt and my Aunt. Yvonne Parker
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How many Grantham folk do you know on this photo?

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Brian Phillips Nottingham Beir Kellar Circa 74— with Smart bloke that worked in the Tin shop, Angus??, Rob Shippey, Steve Carratt, Seamus Duffy, Mick Musgrave, Carl Bulimore, Tom Bond, Dave Fraher, Steve “Stubby” Cant, brian phillips, Russ Wilkinson, Viv O’Reilly, Steve Dagger, Bernie Walsh, Steve “Winney” Winters, Phil Cant, , Dec O’Reilly, Andrew Addison, Geoff Kelham, Dave “Nosher” Norris, Gez “Saddo” Saddington, gez saddington, Harry Barclay, Brian Knight, Dave Dunne, John Dunne, Dave Murphy, Martin Winters and Biddy Baxter.

Woollies comes to Grantham

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WE believe all of the men pictured here helped build Grantham’s first Woolworths, Market Place, in the 1930s. The photograph was sent in by Marion Longland Marion’s father is pictured in the centre of the photograph wearing a trilby.

Grantham’s goal machine

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Can you name the first three players on the back row?

The start of the 1963/64 season for Grantham Town with the Blue Horse in the background. as surely the Players have very kindly lined up in ‘match positions’; I’m not sure about fullbacks and ‘keeper names, (Clark, Hayes?);A, B & C but halfback line of George Jowett, Tony Farmer and Cyril Brown are readily recalled as is the forewardline of Brian Storrow, Jim Rayner, Bill Hill, Alfie Gibbon and Ron Harbertson. Jim Rayner was to score an amazing 71 goals that season (putting that into context I believe the 2018/19 team manged 39 in total)!!
Happy days at the Old London Road ground. From: Michael Harris

Postman’s snap

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THESE children were keen to meet the postman on this day in the 1950s, because for one of them there were birthday cards. It was taken at Hungerton by the postman. Do you recognise them?

Local volunteers at Belton

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THESE gentlemen are members of the Lincolnshire Volunteers, at camp in Belton Park, possibly before the First World War. When the war arrived, it became one of the biggest in the country, as a training and transit camp especially for the Machinne Gun Corps. Third from left on the middle row is Worsdale Pikett, from Billingborough, whose grandson Michael Matsell, still lives in Grantham

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