Grimsby

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Parker & Spyvee Ltd., Dispensing Chemists; Vapour Rub label c1940s

Parker & Spyvee, Dispensing Chemists, a Grimsby company, had four shops in the town from the 1930s until the 1960s. 23 Old Market Place 130 Victoria Street 70 Freeman Street 125 Pasture Street (after this label was printed) Thomas Albert Parker was a pharmacist and Rex Spyvee mainly took care of the photographic side of […]

Parker & Spyvee Ltd., Dispensing Chemists; Methylated Spirit bottle c1950s

Hainton Street (later Avenue) Primitive Methodist Church/Chapel semi-china plate c1900.

Great Central Railway Co’s Hotels Dept., Grimsby; Guinness’s Extra Stout bottle 1897-1922.

Grimsby’s new Post Office is opened by the Postmaster-General 1910.

The opening of Corporation Road Bridge, Grimsby by Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) in 1928 (Photo 1).

The Coronation of George V in 1911; a ‘Coronation Festivities’ badge with the Borough of Grimsby Crest.

The Coronation of Edward VII in 1902; a ‘Coronation Festivities’ badge with the Borough of Grimsby Crest.

Exposed granite setts (cobbles) on Deansgate Bridge – photo 2 November 2024.

Exposed granite setts (cobbles) on Deansgate Bridge November 2024.

Old toolbox from Goldthorpe & Shuttleworth, Grimsby c1900.

Tram on Deansgate Bridge c1903.

Corporation Bridge c1920 by Doncaster Rotophoto (detail).

‘The Dejeuner at Great Grimsby’ held prior to the opening of the Royal Dock in 1852

Medieval stone cross, Great Grimsby; vintage 1811 print.

Battery for Overbeck’s Rejuvenator; only available from Grimsby 1934.

‘Market Chambers’, Grimsby c1905.

Royal Visit 1912; crowds in Victoria Street, Grimsby

A detail from an original photograph by an unknown photographer/publisher. The crowds are outside the Great Central Co-operative Engineering and Ship Repairing Co., Ltd. which was located near the bridge to the West Marsh. Note the LNER poster advertising travel to Zeebrugge, Belgium from Grimsby. The poster above appears to be advertising ‘The Milkmaid’s Triumph’. […]