Looking at page 18 of the Journal (May 26, 2017), I see the advertisement from 168 years ago for W. N. Tollerton, on High Street, Grantham. General Dyer, Scourer, Calico-Glazer and Hot Presser!
A great summer charity night of 1950s and 1960s themed nostalgia is promised at Grantham College refectory on Saturday, July 1.
A special evening concert of Songs from the Musicals of stage and screen will be given by popular local group Hi-Notes at Christ Church, in Finkin Street, on Saturday, June 17.
Grantham and District Darts League’s finals and presentation night will take place at Hunters Bar next Friday (June 9), 7.30pm till late.
BBC Antiques Roadshow expert Marc Allum will be giving a talk, ‘Antiques and Anecdotes’, at Grantham Museum on Monday.
The first Bottesford Art Trail opens today (Friday) and runs across three venues at various times until Monday.
An inaugural indoor five-a-side football competition is taking place at the weekend.
South Lincs & Border League
Rotary Club of Grantham Kesteven will be staging their 15th Annual Charity Golf Day at Belton Park Golf Club on Thursday, June 8, which this year is in aid of the Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance and other local charities.
Six budding young writers from the King’s School are rubbing shoulders with the likes of star authors Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Rankin.
Lincolnshire produced a strong performance to secure victory against Cumberland at Penrith in their second Unicorns Trophy match.
‘Skylark’, the Hillman Imp-engined hovercraft designed and built by Grantham’s Aubrey Musson and Cis Blankley, of Colsterworth, drew a lot of attention at the international rally of the Hovercraft Club of Great Britain in 1967.
A couple who have made a success of their truck stop business on the A1 will be featured in a new BBC1 series next week.
Children at a Grantham school have been getting plenty of fresh air and exercise while taking part in an age-old tradition.
Grantham and Corby Glen Tae Kwon-Do Club students will be in action this weekend for the annual Lincolnshire County Tae Kwon-Do Championships.
A wet start and a downpour at lunchtime failed to dampen the spirits at Denton Street Market on Monday.
Traditional dancing and crafts were held in Wyndham Park in Grantham on May Day.
A fun dancing competition is well on the way to raising more than £5,500 for St Barnabas Hospice.
The town celebrated St George’s Day yesterday with entertainment on St Peter’s Hill Green and the traditional Scouts parade through the town.
According to a new survey, commissioned by Go Ape, over the Easter Bank Holiday people in the East Midlands will spend less time watching TV (around 7 hours, which is more than an hour less than the national average) and shopping (just over 2 hours, which is 30 minutes less than average).
