Nostalgia

In 1874, the Grantham Journal reported that the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society’s annual exhibition was held at Grantham on Harrowby Road.

A charity shop has closed its doors after nearly 40 years of trading in the town centre.

We’re on our weekly stroll down memory lane, looking at news from up to 200 years ago.

The story of American troops who spearhead the Allied invasion of Europe from a Grantham airfield is to be explored.

Care homes and dementia groups are being urged to make use of the reminiscence sessions available at a museum, which is back for the summer season.

In the early part of the 19th Century, there were five water mills within three miles of Grantham, catering for the needs of the growing population.

News and adverts we featured in 2015, 2000, 1950, 1925 and 1825

The Non-Conformist churches of the town used to gather for their Whitsuntide walk and service in the Market Place.

It’s time for our weekly look back at news and adverts featured in years gone by.

A veteran has shared a powerful memoir of his Falklands War experience as he paid tribute to lost friends.

Gonerby House's history spans from Jacobean times to Second World War, housing the Brace family.

Reporter Jenny Beake looked through the Free Press archives to pick out some memories from the 1985 flower parade.

We’re on our weekly stroll down memory lane looking at news from up to 200 years ago.

A 93-year-old woman has looked back at a town’s VE Day celebration and recalls the hope of peace it brought to families after five long years of war.

Our regular columnist is taking a lookback at the days when you could travel by rail from Bourne to Norfolk.

At the beginning of August 1922, Grantham experienced its worst flooding on record.

A delve into the newspaper archive, including news and adverts from up to 200 years ago.

In 1826, Thomas Burgess, born in 1793, baker of Finkin Street, advertised for an apprentice baker.

A former supermarket advertised in the newspaper in the 1970s.

A drapery business was based in a town for 20 years.