Woolsthorpe
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Woolsthorpe books (14 available)
Lincoln Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Grimsby - A History and Celebration
Hardback
Grantham Town and City Memories
Paperback
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Gatehouse.
As a child I spent many happy holidays in Denton. My Grandparents lived in the right-hand side of the gatehouse; their names were James and Jane Howell. He was a gardener at the Hall. I remember at the age of about five years old, rushing out to open the big gates for horses or vehicles to come through on their way to the Hall. When my Grandfather retired, they went to live in one of the houses that were set back from the road, halfway down the village street. Later Gran and one of her daughters lived in the almshouses in the park. At that time I had to stay with them for some weeks, owing to illness at home. I ...read more here
A memory of Denton contributed by Anne Greaves
Evacuee During World War 2
I was privately evacuated to Croxton Kerrial with my sister in 1940, we were billeted in a cottage named Woodbine Cottage, this was next to the Bakery. We attended the village school, I still remember some of the children's names that attended the school, my sister and I had quite a happy time in Croxton Kerrial. I have been told by my sister who revisited some years ago that Woodbine Cottage is no more. I was in the choir at the church. When I became aged 11 I atttended the school at Bottisford. If there is anyone who was at the village school during 1940 I would be only to pleased to hear from them. I use to go down to ...read more here
A memory of Croxton Kerrial contributed by Keneth Harris
My time in Branston Hall Hospital
I was a patient in Branston Hall Hospital in 1964/65. I was admitted to the hopital after being discharged from the WRAF. Mr Wilkinson was one of the senior doctors and Mr Goddard was the sister in charge. Jock was there too and so was my guardian angel Barbara who did any shopping I needed. The staff were great. I was a long way from home and the staff and my fellow patients made sure I did not feel too home sick. Two of the patients I recall was a 21 year old Linda Short and Audrey Jordan married to a policeman called Pat. My name then was Ellen Longmore and I came from Larne Co. Antrim
A memory of Branston contributed by ELLEN HUNTER
Branston Hall Sanatorium
Invited to the Hall at turn of Year for a 'Cocktail-Party' as escort to a Nurse on Staff, the setting was magnificent and memorable! Moreover, the event and hospitality could not have been bettered for the lit exterior equalled the warmth of the interior....some of the old character of the building came alive that night!
Consequent to this, I returned to Branston Hall a few days later to see my Lady and a courtship developed making me travel seven miles as the crow flies from RAF Waddington, regularly, on foot! We married late 1959 and will celebrate 50 wonderful years in '2009' perhaps returning to that place and grounds we often think of fondly? Branston folk were always kind and ...read more here
A memory of Branston contributed by m cavanagh
Extracts From Woolsthorpe & Lincolnshire books
Nothing much has altered here except that the Narrow Road sign has been changed and there are some new power lines across the road. Even the wooden gate (centre) is newer, but of the same functional design. Many of the village houses are built of the local ironstone; this gives them a rusty red colour, the same as the houses in Denton. The long roof of the church is visible as we look towards the village centre.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memories".
This is the village centre. The main change is that the large tree has been replaced by a pub sign, which now forms the centrepiece of a large round traffic island incorporating an attractive floral feature. The houses to the right have also been replaced by those of a more modern design. There are two Woolsthorpes in Lincolnshire, and they are not far apart. This one nestles under the shadow of Belvoir Castle; the other is the one with the Sir Isaac Newton connections, and is situated near Colsterworth.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Living Memories".
This is not Isaac Newton’s Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other side of the valley of the River Devon. Further up the road is the Victorian parish church, which replaced one of 1791 which itself replaced the medieval one, apparently burned down in the Civil War.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Pocket Album".
This is not Isaac Newton’s Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other side of the valley of the River Devon. Further up the road is the Victorian parish church, which replaced one of 1791 which itself replaced the medieval one, apparently burned down in the Civil War.
An extract from from"Lincolnshire Photographic Memories".
By the mid 1950s much had changed, and the front of the Angel
and Royal Hotel indicates the reason (see G43032 and G43099).
Motor transport had been invented, and was becoming very popular
indeed. The Second World War had been over for about ten years,
and better times were on the way - and so there were traffic direction
signs and advertisements for travellers. Lamp-posts that had lost
their lamps now became supports for road directions, and streets
were lit by electric lamps on long concrete posts; these were not in
the least attractive, but were functional.
Boots the Chemists were still next door to the hotel, but not
for long: they were soon to move further along the High Street
as Grantham’s shopping centre gravitated towards St Peter’s Hill,
following the move of the F W Woolworth store from the Market
Place. Eventually the redundant lamp-posts were removed and
replaced by traffic lights, which seemed to spring up like mushrooms.
They still are doing so elsewhere in town. The space left by the Cross
Swords pub was still vacant at the time the photograph was taken
(to the left in G43099), but would soon be filled in by another most
unattractive but functional building.
An extract from from"Grantham Town and City Memories".