Grantham Margaret Thatcher statue
1 day agoA statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher is lowered into place in her home town of Grantham Joe GiddensPA After a large-scale 100000 unveiling ceremony was approved by the council in 2020 a Facebook group proposing an egg-throwing contest at the event attracted interest from more than 13000 people. Margaret Hilda Roberts was born on 13 October 1925 in Grantham Lincolnshire.
In February 2019 a planning committee unanimously voted in favour of the 300000 statue which was originally intended for Parliament Square in Westminster.
. In February 2019 a planning committee unanimously voted in favour of the 300000 statue. Roberts spent her childhood in Grantham where. 1 day agoA statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher is finally set to be lowered into place in her home town despite past threats of egg throwing.
Her parents were Alfred Roberts 18921970 from Northamptonshire and Beatrice Ethel Stephenson 18881960 from Lincolnshire. Her fathers maternal grandmother Catherine Sullivan was born in County Kerry Ireland. The statue will be erected in Grantham.
1 day agoThe statue was lowered into place in Grantham Lincolnshire amid previous threats of egg throwing.














