Grantham has links with two Great Britons: Isaac Newtown was schooled here and Margaret Thatcher was born above a local grocer’s shop in 1925, and grew up to become the country’s first female Prime Minister. This one time staging post boasts an abundance of amiable coaching inns, and to discover more about local life, make for the Grantham Museum.
2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Scottish poet Robert Burns' birth. Burns was a poet and a lyricist and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.
The Burns Supper was started a few years after his death by a group of his friends; they held the supper to honour and remember Burns. The tradition caught on and the ritual of Burns Supper is now held all around the world.
His life and work will be celebrated throughout the year at many Burns-related events.
