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Another superb photo capturing a moment in time which many will not recognise. Notice how quiet it is, If you look hard you will see Jim Baxter’s sign at the end of “ Jim Baxter’s Bazaar” another of Grantham’s colourful characters with his hat and a twinkle in his eye.
Just to the left of the photo out of shot were the premises of Jackson’s Garage.
A vast amount of property was swept away to accommodate Morrison’s supermarket quickly followed by the rest of them that came into town to ply their wares.
Change came but we didn’t know to what extent it would change the town, now as it has been said by another who posts on here all you have in Grantham are bl**dy supermarkets and ques of traffic, maybe he’s correct. Go to any town in this land and you will see the same old supermarkets and the same ques of traffic, funny how they all look the same………………
Being new to the town I often don’t know the places in the pictures but I recognised this one as I live the Wharf Road end of Grantley Street and recognised the ‘shape’ of Wharf Road with the bend in it.
Such a change – the road has now widened, the pavement has narrowed to the extent it gets dangerous if too many people want to cross at the same time (at the island at the end of Grantley Street) and the traffic is horrendous.
As well as supermarkets and queues of traffic, add take aways. We don’t have the charity shops in this part of town but within 1 minute walk of my front door (no exaggeration, I timed it) there are three Chinese take aways on Wharf Road.
Possibly my warped sense of humour but it does tickle me that by the pedestrian crossing there are two Chinese takeaways with a funeral directors in the middle. :-).
Anyway, thank you for the photos. For us newcomers it is fascinating to see how things were. And despite the changes, I’d rather live here than back in London as people say ‘Good Morning’ to strangers here while down there you’d be looked at as if you’d gone mad if you did that!
I think that the barbers, His n Hers is still open for business half way up Wharf Rd on the right. John the proprietor cut my hair some 55 years ago and he still looks just the same as when my dad took me there. He must hold some record as the longest serving barber in the town.