Grantham, St Peter's Hill c.1955
Photo ref: G43042
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The large trees have gone, but they were replaced in 2004. The 'bus station next to the library and museum has moved – and so has the library. The privet fence around the green has gone, and the grass has been replaced. The taxi rank could be on the move in the future. Sad to say, nothing looks at neat and tidy as it did in 1955, but it looks a lot better than it did a couple of years ago.

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My Mam was in service in 1920
My last three years at school were spent in the small building at the centre of the picture. At the time what had previously been the Brownlow infants school was an annex to the Girl's Central School hidden behind building to the right. Both buildings now have another use as The Girls Central School was replaced by Walton Girls School on Kitty Briggs Lane back in the mid 1960s
I am SO grateful for this image as it set me off on my visit to Grantham to further research my ancestry. For me, it shows two properties of J.T. Broughton. My ancestors, Hackworth, married into the Broughton family and were in these properties at the time this image was taken. Very exciting. It has brought my research to life. Who knows, maybe that is one of my ancestors standing with the horse outside!
My husband and I married in the building on the right of this photograph in February 1988. I seem to recall the the registry office was moving from one building to another at the time and so this gorgeous old building was used as a temporary venue. The room we married in had dark wooden panelling on the walls and was steeped in history. We then nipped across the road for photographs in the doorway of St Wulfrums Church.