G R AV I T Y F I E L D S F E S T I VA L
Fringe Events
An Insight into
Government Support
and Funding for local
and regional SMEs
Tues 23 September
9.30am – 4pm
Free
Alive Church, Grantham
Business funding and network event.
Science and
history talks
Wednesday 24 to Saturday
27 September
Throughout the day
Free
Visit Woolsthorpe Manor, birthplace and
idyllic family home of Isaac Newton, for
a series of engaging science and history
talks. Specialist volunteers will share their
stories, covering everything from ‘amazing
science’, to Newton’s ground-breaking
time at the Royal Mint, and investigating
the natural landscape which inspired
Newton in his works.
And of course you’ll be able to see for
yourself the most famous tree in the world
still standing in the historic orchard; the
one that inspired his influential theory on
gravity. (Oh and the one where the apple
didn’t fall on his head!)
For more details log-on to
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
woolsthorpe-manor
The Life and Times
of Guy Gibson
Wednesday
There’s Something
Nasty in the
Woodshed
Grantham Guildhall Ballroom
Ticket: £5
Duration: 2 hours
Since their formation in 2006, Something
Nasty have established a formidable
reputation country wide as purveyors of
high octane folk rock.
Blending self-penned and traditional songs
and music, the focus is on entertainment
delivering their unique blend of bagpipe
driven rock with energy and humour.
Thursday
Autumn Fair
Wide Westgate
Afternoon and evening
(Thurs, Fri and Sat)
Grantham’s traditional Autumn Fair will
be on Wide Westgate from Thursday
lunchtime to Saturday evening.
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Jim Shortland
St Vincents Hall, Grantham
5.30pm
Ticket: £1 (to cover booking fee)
with voluntary donation of £5 to
be paid at the time of the talk in
aid of the Lincolnshire Bomber
Command Memorial.
Duration: 1 hour
Seventy years ago Guy Gibson died
when his Mosquito crashed over Holland.
Gibson earned a Victoria Cross leading
the Dambuster's Raid in 1943 which was
commanded from St Vincent's Hall in
Grantham. He visited Grantham to receive
orders about the Dams raid. ‘As great a
warrior as this island ever bred.’ Sir Arthur
(Bomber) Harris. Entry strictly by ticket only
as space is very limited
Danny and the
Bare Bones
Grantham Guildhall Ballroom
10pm
Ticket: £5
Duration: 2 hours
A new and exciting collaboration between
ex-Mojo Bones band members Danny
Segal, Gary Marshall and Mat Heighway.
The trio combines traditional and new
songs with a blues theme with rock, funk,
ska and reggae.