Start the tour by walking down the Clyde Street hill.
At about the spot where the telecommunications substation currently is, stood the offices of The Grenville Standard, Linton’s newspaper from 1895 to 1943. These were the second premises occupied by the newspaper, from 1898 – the first being in Sussex St next door to the Railway Hotel (see Walk No. 1).
You can see what the Grenville Standard offices looked like in around 1907 by looking at the picture on your screen.
The newspaper’s first owner was a Mr Henderson, followed shortly afterwards by Hubert Alfred Adams, who ran it until he left Linton in 1909. The subsequent owners were Lionel Sparrow, who ran it until his death in 1936; Mr L Pearce (briefly) and finally Mr J D McDonnell. Publication ceased during the Second World War, when paper was too expensive and too difficult to obtain, and the circulation dropped.
After World War 2, this became the site of Linton’s RSL Hall. When the Linton branch of the RSL closed in 1980, the hall continued to be used by several community groups. However, it fell into disrepair, and was demolished in the 1990s.
Turn right into Grantley Street.
