BEFORE the outbreak of the Second World War, these young men spent their Sunday mornings at the Barracks on Sandon Road, to keep fit.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD LARGE VERSIONThe picture was sent in by Barbara Teague, of Arnoldfield Court.
It was taken about 1937, and Barbara can name a few of them. Standing are, from left – instructor Tom Bromley, with Bernhard Wilkinson and Eric Rodgers third and fourth and Alec Gosling on the far right. Seated are Ted Squires, Tom Ross, Tony Teague, Sam Ross, ?, Ken Bromley, ?, and ? Bromley.
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Westgate from on high
Westgate from on high
HERE'S an unusual shot of Wide Westgate from a unique viewpoint.
That's because it was taken from the top of a tower crane which was on the site of The George Centre development in 1990, or St Peter's Place as it was originally called.
Part of the old George Hotel yard can be seen in the foreground being demolished. Blue Court is just above it. On the right is the cattle market and beyond that the old Corus buildings, both now retail developments.
It is remarkable, though, how many old buildings remain.
The picture was brought in by Mrs Panks, of Dudley Road, Grantham. Photo: 17419
Football continued at home while war raged in Europe
Football continued at home while war raged in Europe
THE Great War might have been raging in Europe, but it couldn't interrupt something as important as amateur football.
These lads, some too young to volunteer, played for New Somerby and Spittlegate United, winners of the Escritt-Bennett Cup.
The picture was taken on Grantham FC's Harlaxton Road ground, now the site of a car wash, with the railway sidings in the background. Note that the goalkeeper has a mascot doll around his neck.
From left are, back – W. Hunt, R. Marsh, R. Hill, F. Mableson, L. Logsden, B. Wing and J. Streeton; middle – G. Mugridge, R. Sharp and J. Dickenson; front – W. Wright, G. Johnson, T. Smith, F. Vurnum and R. Tyler. Photo: 6897K
10 Years AgoMOWLEM Midlands completed the building of the £8.25 leisure centre at The Meres in Grantham and handed over the keys to South Kesteven District Council.
* Grantham Town's new president Reg Brealey launched a bid to take control of the club and the management of the South Kesteven Sports Stadium.
* Curate at Barkston and Hough, the Rev Nan Shrimpton, resigned after being told she could not become vicar, following the death of her husband the Rev George, because she was a woman.
* Veteran runner Ron Hindley, 76, completed a marathon distance in just over five hours, doing 16 laps of Earlesfield estate in Grantham.
* Grantham Town moved to within a point of becoming Dr Martens League Midland Division champions with a 5-0 win at third-place Solihull Borough.
25 Years AgoGRANTHAM MP Douglas Hogg said he wouldn't become involved in a pay and productivity dispute at Aveling Barford, which threatened the future of the company, unless both sides asked him.
* Jon Mitcham, of the Black Dog Joggers, won the Grantham Half-Marathon, for the second successive year, knocking five minutes off his previous time.
* Friends of Sandon School provided a £100 cassette recorder to help with movement, drama and language among its severely mentally handicapped pupils.
* Heavy rain marred Bottesford's village hall's annual gala day with the parade of floats cancelled and stalls having to be packed into the hall.
* Grantham Town finished below half-way in the Northern Premier League after losing 2-1 at Matlock, both of whose goals goals were scored by Town's former striker Bob Mountain.
50 Years AgoHEADTEACHER of the Springfield County Secondary School, Grantham, for five years Mr J. Reayer left to become head of a state-of-the-art county secondary school in Devon.
* Grantham Road Safety Committee suggested the bend approaching the Springfield Road railway bridge in town should be moved further up the road.
* Newly re-formed Grantham Light Operatic Society, under musical director Geoff Winter, performed Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore at St Wulfram's Secondary School.
* Harrowby United became Grantham League Division One champions having completed the season without losing a match.
* Showing at the Granada cinema was true-life Second World War drama Carve Her Name With Pride, starring Virginia McKenna as English woman Violette Szabo, who was shot by the Nazis for spying.
100 Years AgoGRANTHAM Avenue FC lost their last game of the season 4-1 to Hull City Reserves and had to reapply for membership of the Midland League.
* At the annual general meeting of the Grantham Angling Association at the Blue Bull it was revealed there were 40 fewer members than the previous year "owing to the wet season".
* The earthstoppers on the Lincolnshire side of the Belvoir Hunt were entertained to dinner at the Angel Hotel by Hunt Master Sir Gilbert Greenall.
* Despite dreadful weather, 130 people attended a tea in the Public Hall, Billingborough, to pay off a £7 deficit in the church accounts.
* The seventh distribution of books in connection with the Grantham Brotherhood was made at the Congregational Church, St Peter's Hill, by Mr A. Goodere, managing editor of the Nottingham Express.
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