THESE children at Huntingtower Road School were snapped when their interest was being captured by something.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD LARGE VERSIONWe haven't any information about what or who it was claiming their attention.
We believe the picture was taken in either the late 1940s or the early 1950s.
Can any readers supply us with details? Are you in the photograph or can you identify any of the children? And who were the teachers?
Contact Neil Graham on 01476 541431 or e-mail neil.graham@grantham journal.co.uk
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Floods washed bridge away
Floods washed bridge away
IN August 1922, Grantham was hit by violent storms which lasted three days, causing extensive flooding.
The River Witham was in full spate and the rushing water washed away the wooden footbridge between Dudley Road and Witham Place, which was a useful short cut for workers at Ruston and Hornsby's on London Road.
The bottom of East Street, including the electricity generating station was flooded, and so were the Inner Street allotments, where some gardeners had to be rescued by boat from the roofs of their sheds. Even Springfield Road was flooded.
The picture was sent in by Mrs S. Clarke, of Thames Road, Grantham. Photo: 6753K
Girls walked a mile to school on their own
Girls walked a mile to school on their own
THESE three little girls pictured in 1942 were ready to set off to walk to Scredington School - more than a mile away.
Jean Shores (left), then 6, was taken to the farm gate by her mum, together with sisters Pamela, 4, and Sheila Nickols, 5.
Jean, of East Avenue, Grantham, who brought in the picture, said: "The only danger in those days was from a billy goat in one of the fields we had to cross. I remember Sheila fell over one day and her mum collected her in a wooden wheelbarrow."
Her family moved to Helpringham Fen shortly afterwards and after working in Sleaford she moved to Grantham 40 years ago.
Pamela became a sister at Grantham Hospital before moving away and Sheila became a hotelier. Photo: 6893K
10 Years AgoAFTER having appointed South Kesteven District Council treasurer Chris Farmer as the authority's new chief executive, councillors did a U-turn and decided to advertise the post.
* Public loos in Grantham were judged the worst in the south of the county in a survey carried out by the South Lincolnshire Federation of Women's Institutes.
* Bulldozers moved on to the derelict Grantham Tractor Company site on Bridge End Road which was to be developed for housing.
* Persistent rain and a chill wind kept many people away from the Pedigree Chum Belton Horse Trials held in the grounds of Belton House.
* Grantham karate kid David Allinson, 12, a pupil at the Central School, was picked for the England squad which would travel to Orlando, Florida, in July for the World Championships.
25 Years AgoMORE than 400 children had to be turned away from the first children's matinee at the new Paragon cinema in St Catherine's Road after its 270 seats were quickly filled.
* Massive timber beams, rescued from a foundry in Keighley, were lifted into place at the Isaac Newton Shopping Centre development in Grantham.
* Dozens of 'victims' of a farm disaster at Sewstern were 'treated' by members of the National Voluntary Civil Aid Services in a training exercise.
* More than 1,100 members of the scouting movement took part in the annual St George's Day parade through Grantham.
* Ninety-one-year-old Bertie Osbourne, of Grantham, was guest of honour for a day at the Royal Corps of Transport at Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, 26 years after he had retired as clerk of works at the former RAF Spitalgate.
50 Years AgoTWENTY-two Aveling Barford graders and spare parts, part of a £132,000 order, left Grantham by special train on the first leg of a journey to Argentina.
* Col J. C. B. Thompson, of Grantham, opened the .22 air rifle range on the playing field at Hougham and Marston.
* Grantham Scouts said they had raised a record £298 16s 2d (£298.81) from their annual Bob-a-Job Week.
* More than 500 people from all parts of the British Isles attended the first National Broiler Conference held at Kesteven Farm Institute, Caythorpe.
* Grantham schoolgirl Ruth Parkin, of Harrowby Lane, came fourth in the East Midlands area final of the Gas Council's Youth in the Kitchen contest and was interviewed by Michael Miles, host of top TV game show Take Your Pick.
100 Years AgoA 'local' variety show at the Theatre Royal, George Street, included a "striking" horizontal bar act by Sgt Summers and a "cricket drill" by 12 lads from Great Gonerby in full cricket apparel and carrying bats.
* More than 130 people attended the annual postmen's dance at the Guildhall for which the buffet was provided by Mr C. Pretty of the Globe Inn.
* A chill north-east wind and a succession of snow storms kept people at home on Easter Sunday.
* Albert Singleton, 12, of Horse and Jockey Yard, was sent to Reformatory school by magistrates at Grantham Borough Police Court for stealing one shilling (5p) from an eight-year-old boy.
* A dance, organised by the Hornsby's Temperance Brass Band at the London Road Sports Ground on Easter Monday, was well-attended despite the cold weather.
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