Then and Now: West Brownlow Street had bigger houses than the normal houses occupied by workers in Grantham

West Brownlow Street had bigger houses than the normal houses occupied by workers in Grantham, writes Ruth Crook of Grantham Civic Society.

In 1911 in number 1, a house with eight rooms, lived Henry Thomas Henson, aged 44 and a house decorator, with his brother and sister. Number 2, in another house with eight rooms was Walter Smith aged 56, a hay dealer, with his wife and daughter.

Number 4 was a house with six rooms and inhabited by Jim Dable aged 40, a brass fettler with his wife and nine children. John Gray, aged 35, lived at number 5, a six roomed house and was without an occupation. He lived with his wife and a lodger.

Lastly at number 6, another six roomed house, lived Bertie William Savory aged 29, a packer, who lived there with his wife, mother and two children. The last property on the west side of the street was the Sun Inn.

The Sun Inn was very popular and many associations held dinners there, including the Grantham Conservative Association,who in 1896 held a Tripe Supper there.

Coroner’s Inquests were also held there, including in 1891 the death of a local woman following a fall on the stairs whilst suffering from influenza.