Grantham Journal Memory Lane picture spurs its original photographer to submit more vintage images
Spurred on by our republication of the MG SA photograph a couple of weeks ago, Journal reader Barrie Cox (who actually took the original photo) said the car in question belonged to printing press operator Joe Griggs and was parked outside Palmers Printers, of Bates’ Yard, off Wharf Road.
Barrie said Joe went on to become senior press manager on the Sydney Times.
Palmers Printers had originally been situated on Vine Street where Barrie (below) is pictured as a 15-year-old apprentice in 1951.
He is standing alongside a trusty Cropper Charlton platten printing press.
Barrie also brought in the photo, below, of his father Frank Cox (second from right) working on a tea van at the then newly opened RAF Cranwell in the 1920s.
Frank went on to work at Ruston and Hornsby and is pictured (below) on the far left, during the erection of a new sign and clock on London Road.
Looking back . . .
10 YEARS AGO
- Plans were afoot to affix solar panels to the roof of St Wulfram’s Church.
- Two members of the planning department at SKDC remained suspended since November, with the council still refusing to say why.
- A Grantham antiques store was hitting the headlines for selling Second World War Nazi memorabilia.
25 YEARS AGO
- Grantham Journal photographer Pete Dean, 61, was the victim of an unprovoked attack by a worker at a Leadenham bypass protest.
- The Eastern Arts Board slashed a massive £9,000 from South Kesteven arts centres grants.
- A stone statue discovered in a field near Ancaster was dated to the Roman period.
50 YEARS AGO
- Margaret Thatcher’s father Alf Roberts died at his North Parade home, aged 77, with the funeral to be held at Finkin Street Methodist Church.
- Grantham Libary was to receive a signed copy of the famous Apollo 11 moon walk footprint photo.
- Douglas Gorin was offered a new contract with the Black and White Minstrels.
100 YEARS AGO
- An engineer from Dudley Road was summoned for using a BSA rifle without a licence at Whipples Garage, Watergate, after he used it to take out two windows in Union Street.
- A South African mining engineer was imprisoned for three weeks after he stole a leather suitcase and a pair of flannel trousers from the Strathdon Hotel, Watergate.
