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Gatehouse.
As a child I spent many happy holidays in Denton. My Grandparents lived in the right-hand side of the gatehouse; their names were James and Jane Howell. He was a gardener at the Hall. I remember at the age of about five years old, rushing out to open the big gates for horses or vehicles to come through on their way to the Hall. When my Grandfather retired, they went to live in one of the houses that were set back from the road, halfway down the village street. Later Gran and one of her daughters lived in the almshouses in the park. At that time I had to stay with them for some weeks, owing to illness at home. I ...read more here
A memory of Denton contributed by Anne Greaves
Evacuee During World War 2
I was privately evacuated to Croxton Kerrial with my sister in 1940, we were billeted in a cottage named Woodbine Cottage, this was next to the Bakery. We attended the village school, I still remember some of the children's names that attended the school, my sister and I had quite a happy time in Croxton Kerrial. I have been told by my sister who revisited some years ago that Woodbine Cottage is no more. I was in the choir at the church. When I became aged 11 I atttended the school at Bottisford. If there is anyone who was at the village school during 1940 I would be only to pleased to hear from them. I use to go down to ...read more here
A memory of Croxton Kerrial contributed by Keneth Harris
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My time in Branston Hall Hospital
I was a patient in Branston Hall Hospital in 1964/65. I was admitted to the hopital after being discharged from the WRAF. Mr Wilkinson was one of the senior doctors and Mr Goddard was the sister in charge. Jock was there too and so was my guardian angel Barbara who did any shopping I needed. The staff were great. I was a long way from home and the staff and my fellow patients made sure I did not feel too home sick. Two of the patients I recall was a 21 year old Linda Short and Audrey Jordan married to a policeman called Pat. My name then was Ellen Longmore and I came from Larne Co. Antrim
A memory of Branston contributed by ELLEN HUNTER
Extracts From Grantham & Lincolnshire books
During the First World War, two enormous army camps were
situated within two miles of the town, and in 1915 the Machine
Gun Corps was founded in Harrowby Camp. There are plaques
recalling this, and the Corps standard is laid up in the church. (The
Corps was nicknamed ‘the suicide club’ as they suffered over 62,000
casualties). The church also boasts a superb ring of 10 bells; the
Society of Change Ringers of St Wulfram’s was founded in 1781, and
is the town’s oldest club.
Across narrow Church Street, formerly Alms Lane, is the nearby
King’s School; it was re-founded by Bishop Foxe in 1528, although
there is an earlier reference to it in 1329. The Old School, now used
as the school library, dates back to the very early 16th century, and
among its pupils were Sir Isaac Newton and William Cecil, later
Lord Burghley, the great advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He later built
Burghley House just south of Stamford. Isaac Newton was fond of
carving his initials, sun dials or even his name on walls, and his name
can be seen on one of the window sills in the Old School. This boys’
school is still a grammar school as it was in the early 1500s, but Latin
grammar is not now one of its subjects. The school was one of several
endowed by Bishop Foxe, a local man - he was born in the nearby
village of Ropsley. Bishop Foxe was appointed Bishop of Winchester
in 1501; he died in 1528, and is buried in Winchester Cathedral.
An extract from from"Grantham Town and City Memories".
W G Harrison, who would now have two shops on the High Street.
This corner shop has had a long history of printing and publishing, and
local names such as Ridge, Clarke and Marshall Ltd and Leayton &
Eden, plus the two already mentioned, were at times situated there.
In G43024, left, we see that the gentlemen’s outfitter Colin Tipler
had arrived (right of photograph); the Olde Café of Catlin Bros
(near left) was still a place to go for coffee and delicious cream teas.
John Pacey, who during the Second World War was an officer in the
Lincolnshire Regiment and won the Military Cross in Italy, was busy
in his flower shop (near right) and with rugby and cricket whenever
he got the chance. He was presented with his award by General
Montgomery in Italy after he had recovered from his unpleasant
wounds. Whysall’s, the opticians and chemists, were next door.
An extract from from"Grantham Town and City Memories".
By the mid 1950s much had changed, and the front of the Angel
and Royal Hotel indicates the reason (see G43032 and G43099).
Motor transport had been invented, and was becoming very popular
indeed. The Second World War had been over for about ten years,
and better times were on the way - and so there were traffic direction
signs and advertisements for travellers. Lamp-posts that had lost
their lamps now became supports for road directions, and streets
were lit by electric lamps on long concrete posts; these were not in
the least attractive, but were functional.
Boots the Chemists were still next door to the hotel, but not
for long: they were soon to move further along the High Street
as Grantham’s shopping centre gravitated towards St Peter’s Hill,
following the move of the F W Woolworth store from the Market
Place. Eventually the redundant lamp-posts were removed and
replaced by traffic lights, which seemed to spring up like mushrooms.
They still are doing so elsewhere in town. The space left by the Cross
Swords pub was still vacant at the time the photograph was taken
(to the left in G43099), but would soon be filled in by another most
unattractive but functional building.
An extract from from"Grantham Town and City Memories".
The Crazy Golf Course is still there; so are the hotels and flats fronting South Parade, including the Lakeside Hotel on the extreme right.
An extract from from"Skegness Town and City Memories".
There is still a putting green near the Clock Tower, but it is in an adventure form, and is perhaps not so attractive as the simplified version was. The flagstaff belonged to the lifeboat station, which at that time was sited off the picture to the right, and a flag was flown when the lifeboat was at sea.
An extract from from"Skegness Town and City Memories".