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A Blog about railways in and around Grantham. Did you visit Grantham Station in the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's or later? I am in the process of putting together a selection of experiences from people who visited the station and the general area to watch the trains go by. If you have a particular memory or story to tell, or still have any trainspotting notes, I would love to include them in my blog:- www.returntograntham.wordpress.com The blog is essentially about all things "Grantham & Railways" so, if after visiting the site and looking at some of the other pages you think you can help m
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"Britain from Above" have added a few new photos from the early 1950s showing Clifton Estate in the process of being built. Only the bottom end of the estate had been started at this stage and the pattern of building seems a bit random; several roads are laid out with houses built, but there are gaps where further houses would come later. I think several Nottstalgians will recognise the area in the photos. And its amazing to see the area beyond Rivergreen - towards Green Lane - which is still fields and farm land. http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?search=clifton%20estate If you Reg
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We lived on Vicarage St in the 1950s. I remember my mum had a thing about Budgerigars. Whether this was something from her childhood days or perhaps triggered by visits to the arboretum aviaries I don't know. Anyway, she must have pestered my dad, because eventually she got one & it was kept in a cage in the "best" (i.e. front) room. Me & my sister went with her to fetch it from a house I've always thought of as being on Alfred St South, but I suppose it could have been any of the nearby streets rising up from St Anns Well Road. Anyone remember a budgie breeder around there? Another m
