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1972 The Granada closed, leaving Grantham without a cinema
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The last film to be shown was The Tales of Beatrix Potter
| 1928 | -1933 | Algernon Augustus Markham M.A., Vicar | ||
| 1931 | Hutchinson window by Kempe & Co More info | |||
| 1933 | -1939 | Geoffrey Hodgson Ward M.A., Vicar | ||
| 1939 | -1958 | Charles Harold Leeke M.A., Vicar | ||
| 1941 | The Bishop of Lincoln attended the funerals of the first air raid victims in Grantham | |||
| 1946 | The top 40ft of the spire was removed and rebuilt | |||
| 1946 | The bells were taken down and recast | |||
| 1951 | The whole of the church was lit by electricity for the first time | |||
| 1952 | Formation of Friends of St Wulfram's More info | |||
| 1956 | The remaining eight niches on the west front were filled with statues. More info | |||
| 1958 | -1977 | Graham Rogers Sansbury M.A., Vicar | ||
| 1958 | -1959 | Demolition of the Victorian east and west wings of the Vicarage | ||
| 1960 | Dedication of the Chapel of St Michael | |||
| 1966 | Dedication of Church Hall beside the Vicarage | |||
| 1966 | Controversy about removing stained glass from Bradley memorial window on safety grounds | |||
| 1967 | -1969 | Laying up of the Machine Gun Corps colours and dedication of memorial tablet and book of remembrance | ||
| 1969 | Porter Window by L C Evetts More info | |||
| 1970 | Hall window by John Hayward More info | |||
| 1972 | Team Ministry formed in Grantham; Vicar becomes Rector | |||
| 1972 | Organ enlarged by Cousins of Lincoln |
| 1925 | Margaret Hilda Roberts, later Margaret Thatcher, born at North Parade, Grantham | |||
| 1926 | Purpose-built Library & Museum built on St Peter's Hill | |||
| 1929 | Baptist Church on Wharf Rd rebuilt | |||
| 1930 | Size of Grantham increased by 1,000 hectares More info | |||
| 1931 | The population was 19,630, slightly lower than in 1911 | |||
| 1939 | -1945 | 386 alerts, almost 3,000 properties destroyed and nearly 100 people killed in Grantham during WWII More info | ||
| 1941 | -1942 | Headquarters of No 5 Group Bomber Command in Grantham | ||
| 1961 | Grantham Civic Trust founded | |||
| 1963 | Quincentenary Celebrations - 500 yrs since Grantham's Incorporation as a Borough | |||
| 1968 | Church of the Ascension, Harrowby | |||
| 1972 | The Granada closed, leaving Grantham without a cinema More info | |||
| 1974 | Local Government reorganisation took away Grantham's borough status. More info | |||
| 1975 | Church of the Epiphany, Earlesfield |
| 1929 | Collapse of New York Stock Market, beginning of world economic depression | |||
| 1939 | -1945 | Second World War | ||
| 1946 | First meeting of the United Nations General Assembly | |||
| 1948 | Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi | |||
| 1957 | Russians launch first earth-orbiting satellite 'Sputnik' | |||
| 1961 | First man to orbit the earth - Yuri Gagarin of Russia | |||
| 1963 | President J F Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas | |||
| 1967 | First successful heart transplant by Dr C Barnard in South Africa | |||
| 1968 | Martin Luther King Jr assassinated at Memphis | |||
| 1969 | First man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong | |||
| 1973 | Great Britain enters the European Economic Community |
| Edward VIII | Crowned | 1936 | Died | 1936 | 1936 Abdication of Edward VIII | Windsor |
| George VI | Crowned | 1936 | Died | 1952 | 1939-1945 World War II | Windsor |
| Elizabeth II | Crowned | 1953 | Reigning | 1973 Britain joins the Common Market (now the EU) | Windsor | |
