Grot spot is bad for business, says Grantham antiques shop owner
A businesswoman is fuming that the entrance to her antique shop is being turned into a “grot spot” every week.Imogen Wall is the owner of Belvoir Antiques and Interiors in Swinegate, Grantham. Every...
View ArticleCaricature: Grantham historian Malcolm Knapp
Malcolm Knapp is a renowned and popular Grantham historian who has written numerous highly-regarded books about our town, including Bygone Grantham, which has run to numerous editions, and Grantham:...
View ArticleTop Tae Kwon-Do black belt Daniel is one of youngest in the world
A talented Grantham Tae Kwon-Do exponent has become one of the youngest fifth degree black belts in the world.Twenty-nine-year-old Daniel Pearce was examined at Friday’s grading promotion in Bristol,...
View ArticleGrantham Town boses order iudependent report
Grantham Town’s joint managers had an independent assessor analyse the Gingerbreads’ performance in Saturday’s 3-2 home defeat to Hednesford Town.The results’ main revelation was that Grantham gave...
View ArticleUPDATE: Accident closes A52 - air ambulance called
AN accident involving a car and a lorry closed the A52 this afternoon.The accident took place on Nottingham Road near Sedgebrook at around 1.30pm today (Friday).A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said...
View ArticleGrantham runners rack up more than 400 miles
A record weekend for Grantham Running Club saw members race a total of more than 400 miles, with a number of personal bests recorded.Twenty-three took part in the Great Eastern Run at Peterborough, a...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Tesco will be one too many
So, there is to be a second Tesco Express in Grantham. I hope people do not use it and put other shops nearby out of business.It should not be allowed to have two Tesco shops in the same town, they’re...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Concerns over plan for Tesco Express
I am very concerned about Tesco’s plan to change the former Cherry Tree pub into a new Tesco Express store.I have discussed this issue with Coun Ian Selby and other local councillors. I feel it is...
View ArticleGrantham under-17 rowers excel themselves at Brigg
Some of Grantham’s young rowers contested the Ancholme Head at Brigg as members of Newark Rowing Club.The J17 (Year 11) quad crew of Luke Wren (King’s School) at stroke, George Mitchell (Priory Ruskin...
View ArticleGreen Flag is just the start for Grantham’s Wyndham Park
A sign of the improvements being made at Wyndham Park is now proudly fluttering in the breeze for all to see.Wyndham Park was awarded a Green Flag Award earlier this summer and on Friday (October 19) a...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Thanks to Sainsbury’s
The RNLI would like to thank Sainsbury’s, Grantham, for their hospitality on Saturday, October 13, and its customers who filled the collecting buckets with just under £800.David TotmanSecretary,...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Candidates are not credible
I read with interest the roles and input from the lightweights who are pretending to be able to take on the job of police commissioners.What a joke. None of the candidates have any relevant experience...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Villagers will miss curate
Regarding the write-up in the Journal (October 12) about the leaving of the curates Andrew and Anne Jablonski.The congregation of St John the Baptist Church, in Londonthorpe, were concerned that no...
View ArticleGratham Journal letter: MP is on his way up?
Apparently I might have misjudged Grantham’s worthy MP Nick Boles. It seems he could be destined for even greater political heights than becoming the government’s new planning minister.I understand...
View ArticleEQUESTRIANISM: Abigail’s party to Olympia qualification
Great Gonerby’s Abigail Staff has qualified for the London International Horse Show in December.Twenty-three-year-old Abigail and her pony Kala Flash Jack finished first in class at the British Show...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: District council is the planning authority, the...
The arguments for and against the development of wind farms are well known and it is not my intention to take up valuable space by repeating them here.However, I would like to make brief comment on a...
View ArticleQ&A: Rosemary Richards, director of the Grantham Gravity Fields Festival
Rosemary Richards is the festival director behind the recent Gravity Fields festival, which was centred on Grantham and its historic links to Sir Isaac Newton.Rosemary talks to the Journal about the...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Thank you Grantham Taxis
After reading the complaint regarding Grantham Taxis I have to say that every week when they collect me, I get excellent service.I have advanced MS and had my leg amputated last year. Thank you...
View ArticleDavid Burling’s column: No need for me to attend the ‘Tory Tour’ – I’ve heard...
David Burling, chairman of the Grantham & Stamford Constituency Labour Party, writes:“I have been writing this column for over a year now, and have covered a number of different areas.I have...
View ArticleGrantham Journal letter: Eco values
In last week’s Letters page, Lincolnshire County Council scrutiny committee member Coun Colin Davie criticises Conservative Group Leader Linda Neal for being too reliant on officers and not listening...
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