The Grantham New Year Quiz ANSWERS

1. What is the official name of the constituency currently held by Gareth Davies MP?
2. By what name was the Nobody Inn, Union Street, formerly known?
3. Who was the long-serving manager of the Granada cinema known to a generation as ‘Uncle Harry’?
4. The Theatre Royal, George Street, was known by what other name?
5. What nationality was St Wulfram?
6. Sir William Manners bought 14 Grantham pubs in the 19^th Century, and renamed them all with the prefix ‘Blue’. Voters who supported his political party were offered free drinks in them. Which party?
7. By what name was Ruston & Hornsby works known when it finally closed in the 1980s?
8. Mrs Robinsons Quango on Blur’s Great Escape album was written by singer Damon Albarn based on graffiti he saw on a toilet door in Grantham. Where?
9. Who was the highly popular manager of Grantham Town FC 1964-75?
10. BMARCo was an arms factory on Springfield Road. What did BMARCo stand for?
11. By what name was London Road previously known, in the 19^th Century?
12. The Old Bank pub is a former financial institution. Which one?
13. What military force was born at Alma Park in 1942?
14. Little Gonerby School occupies a building originally known as what?
15. Where was Grantham’s first Workhouse?
16. Well Lane had such a wicked reputation in Victorian times, its name was changed. What is it now known as?
17. What was Grantham’s first railway station known as?
18.  Before moving to it’s present Gorse Lane ground, where did Grantham Cricket Club play?
19. Hill View Adventure Playground was a big hit with children in the second half of the 20^th Century. What was discovered in the late 1990s that caused its closure?
20. Which Grantham building was erected for the Royal South Lincolnshire Militia?

Answers: 1 Grantham & Bourne; 2 Joiners Arms; 3 Harry Sanders; 4 Empire Theatre; 5 French; 6 Whigs; 7 Alfred Wiseman Ltd; 8 Railway Station; 9 Terry Bly; 10 British Manufacturing & Research Company; 11 Front Street; 12 Barclays Bank; 13 The RAF Regiment; 14 Boys Central School; 15 Union Street; 16 East Street; 17 Ambergate; 18 London Road (now Sainsburys); 19 Asbestos; 20 The Old Barracks, Sandon Road