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Do you remember these Grantham scouts?5 hrs

A memory jerker, 6th Grantham Cubs. Photo taken at Ancaster Campsite. Year late 50s. Seem to remember the Scout Leader (standing left) name was Howlett. Could be wrong though. No other names are known.

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Brian Hodson5 hrs

It is with great sadness that we announce Brian Hodson passed away peacefully at Maple Leaf Lodge Care Home on the 19th May 2026, aged 93 years.

Brian leaves 3 daughters, 15 Grandchildren & 11 Great grand children. A house builder by trade since the age of 14, Brian worked on Buckminster Hall, Belton House & Manthorpe Estate. He also built many of the stone...

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High Street a century ago17 hrs

High Street from St Peter’s Hill 1925

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Warning after man allegedly sprays chemicals along Grantham house frontages17 hrs

Cllr Chris Noon says,

I have just witnessed a man spraying chemicals on the front sidings of the houses of Shakespeare Avenue, he was riding a 3 wheel mobility scooter in a high vis and shorts with a tub of chemicals in the front basket. I challenged him and he would not give his name, he stated it was weed killer but would not tell me which type.

Please t...

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Harrowby Road1 day

Harrowby Road, with cemetery on left. 1906. Harrowby Road 1906

BEFORE the New Somerby housing boom of the 1860s, there were few houses to the east of the Witham apart from the toll house at the Bridge End Road turnpike.

THE man walking his dog is on Harrowby Road at the corner of St Catherine’s Road. The wall is the garden boundary of Stonebridge House. Taken 193...

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