Colourised Images
Colourised versions of some of our images. Do you prefer these or the originals?
‘Grimsby Man’ by Edwin Noble c1920s.


VE Day Street Party, Cleethorpes – May 1945

Tickler’s Marmalade Leyland Delivery Lorry and Trailer c.1920–1925 – colourised.

The Library, Weelsby Old Hall (1902).

Social history photograph by J. W. Hardy; promenading at Cleethorpes 1930s – colourised.

WW2 soldiers marching along Ainslie Street by S. J. Warren – colourised.

Canoeing at Cleethorpes c1930s – colourised.

Joseph Wass Walker, confectioner, and his wife outside their shop at 212 Victoria Street, Grimsby c1910 – colourised.

An autographed photo of the Grimsby-born, famous actress Violet Farebrother 1919 – colourised.

Three on a bench outside the Birds Nest Café, Cleethorpes c1930s – colourised.

Bailgate in Lincoln c1929 – colourised.

Leaving the football match; Grimsby c1910.

Martin Aviation Co., Cleethorpes; aerial joy rides c1921 – colourised.

Skaters on the frozen Boating Lake at Cleethorpes 1947 – colourised.

Waltham blacksmiths in Cheapside c1910 – colourised.


The Gates, People’s Park, Grimsby c1920.

The Lodge, Scartho Road by S. J. Warren c1925; colourised.

Guy and Smith, drapers and complete furnishing warehousemen, 19/21 Victoria Street Grimsby c1910.

People’s Park by S. J. Warren c1920s – colourised.

Cheapside, Waltham c1918 – colourised.

War Memorial and Cheapside, Waltham c1920.

WW1 tank (‘Edna’) and German gun in People’s Park, Grimsby 1920.

Mock cenotaph and Queen’s Observatory in People’s Park c1920 (colourised).

John Robert Plaskett, grocer & provisions dealer, 1 Ripon Street, Grimsby 1907 – colourised.



