Grantham singers and musicians to take on the challenge of Bach’s Magnificat...
The choir and orchestra of St Wulfram’s Church will perform a concert of settings of the Magnificat concluding with Bach’s Magnificat in D on Sunday, July 14.The choir and orchestra will be joined by...
View ArticleColts celebrate Charter Standard award
Colsterworth Colts Junior Football Club received the FA Charter Standard Clubs award at their annual presentation event on Saturday.Club chairman Barry Jones is pictured receiving the award from Peter...
View ArticleGood victory for Belton Park firsts
Entertaining Sleaford, Belton Park first team recorded a good win, taking the match 3½ to 2½However, there was no joy for the second team who lost away to Sleaford 2 by the same margin.In a club match...
View ArticleOne home per day is development target for Grantham, says consultant
Grantham needs to build eight new homes every week for the next 13 years, a workshop was told on Tuesday.Housing developer Larkfleet Homes hosted a breakfast workshop to explore options for Grantham...
View ArticleGrantham is a diamond says KGGS headteacher
Grantham has been labelled a “diamond” by the headteacher of Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School.Graham Burks was speaking at the unlocking Grantham growth workshop on Tuesday when he said: “In terms...
View Article‘Come and swim in my pool’ says new Grantham resident Babs
It’s hot, the kids are telling you they are bored and you all fancy a swim. You might head to The Meres...or you might head to the home of Babs Wilding.The mother-of-two has just moved from Nottingham...
View ArticleGrantham Journal Letter: Denied a local option
To defend its response to concerns raised by the SOS Grantham Hospital petition, South West Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group took out a full page in the Journal. That must have been expensive,...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Why the town’s dying
After driving around Grantham, it’s clear why the town is dying...it’s the roads! There is one approach road to the town that is not collapsing or rutted or full of potholes. Can anyone provide a...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Proper repairs?
I see the highways department has been wasting thousands of pounds again for purely cosmetic, short-term reasons by using hot tar and gravel on Five Gates Lane and Gloucester Road instead of actually...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Damage to reputation
I have just read your article (Journal last week) regarding the behaviour of the leaving sixth formers from Grantham’s most illustrious educational establishment. What King’s School head Frank Hedley...
View ArticleFineturf hosts successful international show near Grantham
A successful turfing company hosted an international show on Tuesday with companies represented from all over Europe and the United States.Fineturf, of Carlton Scroop, was hosting the biennial...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Picnic was spoilt
After reading your article on Woodland Waters, I took my grandchildren to Woody’s for a picnic.The play area was very nice for the children and we had a lovely walk around the water. But when it came...
View ArticleAlmost 60 years on and customers continue to flood in to Grantham greengrocer
As the Journal continues its ‘Shop Local’ campaign, we look at one of the town’s oldest businesses - the greengrocers Arnold Graham.The small shop has been in Swinegate, Grantham, since 1955 and looks...
View ArticleCycling pals take on mountain
A man from Grantham has completed the Snowdonia Charity Challenge, raising money for sports injury charity Regain, and is taking part in another charity event next month.Dan Simmons, 41, of Harrowby...
View ArticleFirst-time buyers continue to get a helping hand on to the property ladder in...
South Kesteven District Council says it has given a further £1 million to help first-time home buyers in the area.Yesterday (Thursday) at full council, members approved allocating money to boost the...
View ArticleGrantham Water Babies take up charity challenge
A swimming class for babies and toddlers has helped to raise thousands of pounds for a children’s charity.Water Babies, which runs a class at the Ramada Hotel in Grantham, has held special classes with...
View ArticleOwner to close Kimes buses in Folkingham
Bus company Kimes of Folkingham is to be closed after consultation with employees.Owner Centrebus says most of the services provided by Kimes will be moved to other depots in August and the “vast...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Moonlit walk raised £450
Kelly Tyers of the Coloroom and Linda Cupit of Shapers recently took part in the London Moonlit Walk, walking 26.2 miles, and we would like to say a very big thank-you to clients, friends and family...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Coach trip due soon
Grantham Stroke Club would like to show their appreciation to all the kind swimmers who took part in the Rotary Swimarathon. Rotary generously gave a donation of £420, which was presented to the...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Canal to get new gates
On behalf of the Grantham Canal Society, I would like to say a very big thank-you to the Rotary Club of Grantham for their generous donation from the Rotary Swimarathon, which will go towards the...
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