Abbott, Anne – Diva taught many Grantham children
Anne Abbott (1931-2013) Miss (Elizabeth) Anne Abbott, who lived for many years in Gladstone Terrace, Grantham, with her partner Alan...
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Adamson, Eric – Knew all the right customs
Eric James Adamson (1919-2007) ERIC James Adamson was born at Liverpool and was educated at the Jesuit College of St...
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Akroyd-Stuart, Herbert – Beat Diesel to inventing the ‘diesel’ engine
Herbert Akroyd-Stuart (1864– 1927) ALTHOUGH he never lived here, Herbert probably had the biggest effect on Grantham’s economy than anyone. It was...
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Alexander, Keith – Lincoln manager who played for Grantham
Keith Alexander (1958-2010) KEITH Alexander was a Saint Lucian footballer and manager, born in Nottingham. He was the manager of...
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Alexander, Mike – Grantham footballer became TV sports personality
Mike Alexander (1941- ) GRANTHAM Football Club has a long tradition of free-scoring centre forwards and one of the...
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Allen, Bill – Somme survivor joined the Home Guard
William Walker Allen (1890-1956) William Walker Allen, of Inner Street, enlisted in the Army as an 18-year old mysteriously he...
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Allen, Henry – Retired railwayman became a publican
Henry Allen (1825-1911) BORN at Peterborough, Henry Allen was superintendent of the loco at Grantham for 27 years. He came...
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Allen, Mary (1878-1964) – Policewoman was a former jailbird
MARY Sophia Allen was a military-minded woman who was probably
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Allitt, Beverly – Grantham’s Angel of Death
Beverly Allitt (1968- ) BEVERLY Gail Allitt, dubbed the Angel of Death by the national press, went on a killing...
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