With Christmas just around the corner, Stamford Arts Centre and the Guildhall Arts Centre in Grantham have announced a packed programme of online events to enjoy this winter. Due to the popularity of their Autumn online events, they’ve now moved 2020’s festivities online so audiences can still enjoy the yuletide season from their own home. […]
New travel agency opens
Grantham now has one of three Co-operative Travel and Carrick Travel* branches across the counties reopen this December, following the end of the second national lockdown. The experienced travel consultants are ready and waiting to help holidaymakers plan their breaks for 2021 and beyond, when the post-Christmas, peak holiday booking season begins. Many Brits had […]
High Street, Grantham, more than a century ago
Who remembers this Grantham business?
Kathleen Wright
Kathleen Wright passed away in Boston Pilgrim Hospital on 30th November 2020 aged 95 years. She will be sadly missed by all of her family and friends. Her funeral service will take place at Grantham Crematorium Chapel on Wednesday 23rd December at 10.30am. Family flowers only please. Donations for Cancer Research UK may be forwarded […]
Recycle right this Christmas
Chocolate Reindeers, Pringles Tubes, Advent Calendars and wrapping paper top the most frequently asked Christmas questions to Lincolnshire County Council’s waste services teams. John Coates, head of waste, said: “Out on the rounds with our colleagues from the district and borough councils, we always get asked what is recyclable and what isn’t. “I would say […]
Exports resume to America for local business
Transatlantic trade is resuming for Lincolnshire specialist equestrian manufacturer Bennington Carriages with its first container shipment ofhorse drawn carriages to America since June. Boasting a Royal warrant for supplying driving vehicles to the Royal family, Bennington regularly exported its world-famous carriages until coronavirus hit the sport both at home and in America. On 9 December […]
Four bailed following police raid
Four people have appeared in court following a police raid on a temporary caravan site in Grantham. The raid took place last week on the site behind the Savoy cinema, St Catherine’s Road. It followed report of a theft from a van on Manthorpe Road, Grantham. Four males aged between 13 and 29 have been […]
‘New charge’ at Grantham car park
Electric vehicle charging points are up and running in three South Kesteven District Council car parks. There are four in Grantham’s Welham Street car park; four in North Street, Stamford; and two at Deepings Community Centre. Two more charging points will follow in Burghley Street car park, Bourne. SKDC secured a £45,000 Government grant from […]
Who do you know in this Christmas photo?
Santa comes to Grantham
Who do you know in this very local Christmas panto?
Len Barrett (1929-2020)
Mr Leonard Percy Barrett sadly passed away at home on 2nd December aged 91. Loving father to Stuart and Julie and devoted Grandad to Lee and Alice He will be missed by all his family and friends. Funeral arrangements by David Holland Holland Funeral Directors are at Grantham Crematorium on Wednesday 23rd December 2020, 1:30pm […]
More Hull Trains added to timetable for Christmas
After steadily reintroducing trains back into service from 3 December, Hull Trains is already adding new journeys to the timetable thanks to demand from passengers. 34 additional services will run by Hull Trains during the Christmas and New Year period to increase capacity and support social distancing onboard. The extra trains will run on 19 […]
Latest statistics on smoking
NHS Digital has published new statistics on smoking in England. Statistics on smoking, England, 2020 includes the latest data on smoking related ill-health, smoking related deaths, prescription items to help people to stop smoking and the expenditure and affordability of tobacco. Smoking Related Ill-Health There were an estimated 506,100 hospital admissions attributed to smoking in […]
Swimming pool reopens
1Life is pleased to announce it has re-opened all of its leisure centres and pools, including Grantham and the rest of South Kesteven, following the temporary closures caused by Lockdown 2.0. Following advice and guidance from the government as well as the fitness trade body ukactive, independent scientific advisors, not to mention 1Life’s own vigorous health and safety procedures, […]
