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The modernising of Grantham Post Offfice

September 21, 2024 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

This shows the new Post Office being built with the old one still in use 1969. Vaughan Hardy
Post Office St Peter’s Hill, built in 1922, being demolished to make way for new one (in background)
THE old sorting office in Bath Street behind the Post Office was demolished. A former Army Hut it had been there since 1917 to replace the one in Market Place which proved too small for the number of parcels being delivered to the troops stationed at Harrowby & Belton camps. The replacement in 1969 was no larger but the layout was superior.
The new general post office opened on St Peter’s Hill in 1969, using the standard ‘house style’. The unique feature was the retention of the holly trees. The GPO planned to install outdoor seating in the area.
The post office had been in the Market Place until 1922, when it moved to St Peter’s Hill. The building on the corner of Wharf Road had yet to be demolished to make way for the new sorting office van park.










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