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

‘Market Chambers’, Grimsby c1905.

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’. […]

Royal Visit to Grimsby July 1912.

Hewitt’s Ales, Grimsby; Malcolm Arms, Anton’s Gowt, Near Boston c1949.

Bargate, Grimsby (Deansgate Bridge) c1904.

John L. Green, wholesale fish merchant, curer and exporter; a large 1904 advertisement.

James Duke Ltd.; old padlock.

The Gates, People’s Park, Grimsby c1920.

Bingham’s Hotel, Grimsby (proprietor George Padgett)3D token c1875.

Violet Farebrother; an Edwardian costume design sketch c1910s.

Grimsby Town F.C. Team 1887.

The Welholme Lawn Tennis Club Ltd., Grimsby; Registers of Members 1920s/1930s.

The location of the Queen’s Observatory (1900-1949) in People’s Park, Grimsby 1979.

Thomas Lee, baker & confectioner, Bull Ring, Grimsby c1900.

An aerial photograph taken in June 1976. The pond was once a stunning beauty spot and appears on many old postcards. Sadly, the large pond disappeared by the end of the 20th century. [Further information required.] Croxby Pond is named in the record books. In 1902, Otto Christop Joseph Gerhardt Ludwig Overbeck landed a carp […]

The Queen’s Observatory in People’s Park c1900.

People’s Park refreshment room and fountain c1900.

Smith & Son, Victoria Street West, Grimsby; fancy tin for mixed pins c1910s/1920s (or earlier)

Werge Bros, chemists, Grimsby and Cleethorpes; unused bottle labels c1930s.

An original, amateur photo of a lady in a smart coat. BEE 551 was registered in Grimsby between January 1949 and November 1950. Granville Tours (and the associated A & A E Blackbourn Ltd., haulage contractors) were based in Granville Street and at other sites in Grimsby and Cleethorpes. Granville Tours operated from c1920s until […]

Gait Bayliss Rotary Ltd., Castle Press, Victoria Street, Grimsby brass sign c1970s.

‘Gone Fishing’; Findus Frozen Foods promotional, 7″, vinyl single with letter 1972.

Fine, old buildings on Grimsby Docks c1905.


