Members of Grantham & Stamford Constituency Labour Party (CLP) held an All Members’ Meeting at the Railway Club, Huntingtower Road, Grantham last month to vote on which candidate local members would like to nominate in the Labour Party’s Leadership and Deputy Leadership. Members from Grantham, Stamford and Bourne attended. Jeremy Corbyn MP was nominated as […]
Nearly 1,000 Grantham love cheats on Ashley Madison website leaks
Nearly a thousand potential Ashley Madison ‘ love cheats’ in Grantham could be exposed There are 863 from Grantham on the Ashley Madison adultery website a new map reveals, following the hacking of the controversial extra-marital dating site. More than a million Brits have been caught out as sensitive details were leaked online – leaving […]
Yesterday’s farm fire – pictures
Grantham firefighters were called to a large stack fire, on Newgate Lane, Londonthorpe, which began at about 5.30 on Sunday. Residents in the Alma Park area say their cars and homes are covered in ash. Police closed Newgate Lane to to a thick pall of smoke. It has since been reopened and firefighters have now […]
The Great War – Pictures from Belton Park today.
Deer trapped in Grantham town centre
Bronzed Adonis in Grantham – pictures
Capsule of Grantham space explorers found on Continent
THE payload of a spacebound vehicle launched by a Grantham-based organisation has been discovered on the Continent. It was launched at the 10th annual World Egg Throwing Championships at Swaton, in June The idea for the flight came from South Kesteven Amateur Radio Society (SKARS) chairman Andrew Garratt who suggested putting an egg into space […]
Spitfires over Grantham
Spitfires from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight were joined by private Spitfire owners to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Unternehmen Adlerangriff, the German operation to destroy the Royal Air Force in World War II, this afternoon. Thirteen Spitfires left Humberside Airport and split into three sections of aircraft to fly over as many villages, towns and […]
Grantham College reveals record breaking year for qualifications
Vasiliki Ntalampira with her proud mum Grantham College has announced another record breaking year for results. Today’s figures show students funded to study A Levels at the college, 98% of them achieved their A Level, with 17 of the 19 subjects offered having 100% student achievement. This demonstrates what an excellent place Grantham College is […]
Grantham career criminal loses four-year jail term appeal
Smiles all round at opening of the new Grantham Meres Leisure Centre
Grantham Meres Leisure Centre received a resounding thumbs up from the local community at its Open Day on Saturday. South Kesteven District Council leader, Coun Bob Adams, deputy leader Coun Nick Craft and Chairman Coun Ray Wootten with kids, Keaton Leighton, Booth Leighton and Charlie Bavister cut the ribbon to formally open the new centre. A […]
Skerritt, Fred – Former lion-tamer became Butlins manager
Fred Skerritt (1894-1948) Born in Oxford Street, he was one of Alfred Skerritt’s nine children, Fred was a pupil at the National School. He fought in the Army during the First World War, spending most of his time in France. He became lion-tamer with such famous circuses as Bostock and Wombwell and Bertram Mills and […]
Sindall, Benjamin – Butcher was a big man in Grantham
Benjamin Sindall 1862 – 1948) BUTCHERY was the family business for Benjamin Sindall. Both his father and brothers were in the trade so it was inevitable that he should be too. Mr Sindall, who lived on Signal Road, opened his first shop in Norton Street. In 1919, he joined his brothers in partnership to run […]
Paynter, George – died of polio shortly after joining the Army
Second-Lt. George Paynter (1933-1954) THE son of Brig-Gen Sir George Paynter and Lady Payntor, of Eaton Grange, Eaton, 20-years-old Second-Lt. George Paynter A godson of King George V, was appointed a page-of-honour to King George VI in 1946. Educated at Eton, he went on to an officers’ training unit, and then to Sandhurst, from which […]
Hook, Arthur – Took American citizenship
Arthur Hook (1890-1953) GRANTHAM-born American left Grantham in 1912 to settle cross the pond. He settled for a time at Ojai, iater moving to Santa Barbara. California, where 1915. He became a naturalised American 1918 and joined the U.S. Army, in the artillery. He was a landscape gardener in and around Santa Barbara in civilian […]
Memorial unveiled to pilot killed in crash near Grantham – lots of pics
A HEADSTONE was erected today in honour of Flying Officer Robin Jaques who died when his Avro 504 K aircraft crashed in the field between Cold Harbour and Old Somerby, in August 1923. He left a widow and two young children, one of whom, 18-month-old Josephine Edwina Jaques became favourite film & TV comedy actress Hattie Jacques. The engraved […]
Revamped children’s recovery area to help improve patient experience
A children’s recovery area at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has undergone a makeover to help further improve patient experience. The paediatric recovery area in Lincoln County Hospital’s theatres department has been given a bright new child-friendly feel that has been carefully thought out to appeal to children of all ages, parents, grandparents, carers and the […]
Spitfire and Hurricane in Grantham flypast TODAY
A Spitfire and Hurricane from BBMF will fly low over Grantham just after midday on Saturday, to salute a pilot who was killed near the town 92 years ago. The flypast at 12.30pm, will commemorate 26-year-old Flying Officer Robin Jaques had died when his Avro 504 K aircraft crashed in the field between Cold Harbour […]
Wartime treasures discovered at Belton archaeological dig
100 years ago, Belton’s parkland was home to tens of thousands of soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps, training for frontline action in the First World War. Over the last six months a team of young volunteers aged between 14 and 19 years old have been investigating the archaeology of this camp. Last week, this […]