Graham Newton
News Editor at Grantham Journal
News Editor at LincsOnline
Iliffe Media Ltd, LUFC and dinosaur rock fan, sense of humour, views my own.
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4 weeks ago |
lincsonline.co.uk | Graham Newton
St Peter’s Hill Players are staging a very serious play with all the pitfalls that could entail – and can come away with their heads held high. The Players are performing Amanda Whittington’s The Thrill of Love, the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain. Her hanging caused controversy and eventually led to the abolition of the death penalty. Ellis shot and killed her lover David Blakely in a fit of jealousy and immediately admitted to his murder.
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Jan 21, 2024 |
lincsonline.co.uk | Graham Newton
It’s that time again! Time to take stock of that precious and vanishing resource - garden birds, write David Martin and Ian Simmons, co-leaders of Grantham Rivercare. Every year, since 1979, the RSPB have run their Big Garden Birdwatch which invites householders to spend an hour recording feathery visitors to their gardens (other viewing places are allowed, including your favourite spot along the river!).
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Jan 21, 2024 |
lincsonline.co.uk | Graham Newton
In the early 1900s the landlord of the Artichoke on Swinegate, born in 1855, was mentioned in many of the local newspapers throughout the country, writes Ruth Crook of Grantham Civic Society. He was landlord of several other public houses in the town during his life. He married in the 1870s and had several children, his wife dying in 1896. In 1898, he married the barmaid, who also played the piano in the pub.
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Jan 20, 2024 |
lincsonline.co.uk | Graham Newton
Published: 06:00, 20 January 2024 It’s been a very productive seven months for the Grantham Independent Councillors, and I think I speak for all of us when I say we have learned a lot, says Councillor Tim Harrison, a member of South Kesteven District Council. Our #granthamtogether drive has taken off better than we hoped and the response from Granthamians has spurred us on.
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Jan 13, 2024 |
lincsonline.co.uk | Graham Newton
John Fowler, born in 1822 at Tattershall, moved to Grantham in about 1840 with his wife Susanna and young daughter Fanny, writes Ruth Crook of Grantham Civic Society. They lived on Globe Yard and he worked as a coachman. By 1858, he was working at the Blue Ram Tap on Westgate, and by the time of the 1861 census, was living at 10 Westgate, and called a higgler (a person who travels around selling small items) and tap keeper.
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