This weekend is National Specials Weekend, and whilst we appreciate the time they commit and the brilliant work they do all year round, it’s a great time to pause and say a huge thank you. It’s perhaps even more appropriate this year given the national crisis facing the country and the strain on the emergency […]
Celebrating carers in our communities
National Carers Week is a chance to recognise the contribution carers make to families and communities and raise awareness of the challenges they face. Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, running from Monday 8 to Sunday 14 June. In Lincolnshire there are an estimated 84,000 carers, including around 8,000 young […]
SKDC Community Hub at the heart of Coronavirus volunteer effort
SKDC’s own Community Hub has been at the forefront of the Coronavirus crisis volunteer effort, from co-ordinating help for those in need and issuing food bank vouchers, to answering questions and offering a friendly voice on the end of the telephone. Launched on 21 March as part of SKDC’s rapid response to the pandemic, the […]
Girls grab tools to clear alleyway of weeds
Two sisters have tidied up their neighbourhood by grabbing some tools and getting down to work to clear away weeds. Energetic April and Disney Price, aged six and four, asked to help their dad Chris weed a pathway linking two streets near their home at Harris Way, Grantham. Their impressive volunteer work has won praise […]
Hahn, Hans – Air ace died in Grantham collision
Hans Hahn (1919-1941) Hans Hahn was born on 9 February 1919 at Rheydt in Rheinland. He trained as a bomber pilot and was assigned to a Kampfgeschwader in January 1940. In May, he sank a 4,000 BRT freighter off Dunkirk. Shortly afterwards Hahn transferred to the Nachtjagd. He was posted to NJG 2 on its […]
Grantham against nuclear dumping
Who recalls this Grantham business?
Hollywood stars at Harlaxton
Do you recognise anyone on this Grantham photo?
Who do you know in this Grantham school photo?
Do you recognise this Grantham scene?
NHS Test & Trace warning
If NHS Test and Trace calls you by phone, the service will be using a single phone number 0300 0135 000. The only website the service will ask you to visit is https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk. Contact tracers will never: • Ask you to dial a premium rate number to speak to us (for example, those starting 09 or […]
Volunteers key to reviving Grantham park
Grantham’s award-winning Wyndham Park has an impressive army of willing volunteers, whose behind-the-scenes work goes largely unseen by the park’s one million annual visitors. Increased volunteering was a key measure in a successful £1m-plus National Lottery Heritage Fund bid, which has restored the park’s heritage as a WWI Memorial Park. Around 80 volunteers represent a […]
Who remembers this Grantham pub?
Who do you know in this old Photo?
Casburn, John – Grantham’s Chief Constable got an OBE
John Robert Casburn (1871-1948) John Robert Casburn was appointed Chief constable of Grantham Borough Police in 1898 Even during 1919, there were only 16 policemen patrolling the town. The official level was 24. His annual report said this included two pensioned officers, two volunteers and two women. He was responsible for setting on first official […]
Grubb, Tim – GB Olympic showjumper switched allegiance to USA
Tim Grubb (1954-2010) Grantham-born Tim Grubb, represented Great Britain on their Olympic Show Jumping team on three occasions and rode in over 75 Nations’ Cups. His riding history ran the gamut from Pony Club through foxhunting, steeplechasing, and finally showjumping when he started working for horse dealer John Massarella, the brother of British chef d’equipe […]
Ellis, John – Survived Ypres but was killed at La Houssoie
John William Ellis (1886-1915) John William Ellis was born in January 1886, of three brothers. All three were to join the armed services. John and Joseph joined the Army and George the Royal Navy. John originally enlisted on 4 June 1904, at Grantham, into the 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. He signed up for the post-Boer […]
Dowsett, Doreen – Powerlifter won golds and smashed records
Doreen Dowsett, nee Welbourne (b1951) Born at Barrowby, Doreen Welbourne attended Barrowby Primary school before going on to the Girls Central School/ Walton Girls School. She had little interest in sport other than horseriding. Her late husband Stephen Dowsett was a keen powerlifter and on the way home from a competition at Scunthorpe, they (about […]
