Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel c.1960
Photo ref: G43099
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Photo ref: G43099
Photo of Grantham, Angel And Royal Hotel c.1960

More about this scene

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.

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A Selection of Memories from Grantham

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Grantham

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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.