Grimsby
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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.
Grimsby Town Football Club 1906-1907; two players and cup.
Fishing smacks and the Dock Tower, Grimsby c1910.
Grimsby Harriers; start of the Senior Championship 1926.
L.A.S. County Show decorations, Grimsby 1904; looking through the mock gateway in Pasture Street.
Old signal box block instrument shelf plate “PASTURE STREET”.
Coronation Day 1911; children outside “Park Villa” on Eleanor St. – Freeman St. corner.
The opening of Corporation Bridge, Alexandra Dock, Grimsby by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales K.G. on 19th July 1928.
An original, antique print taken from The Black and White: A Weekly Illustrated Record and Review was a British illustrated weekly periodical founded in 1891 by Charles Norris Williamson. In 1912 it was incorporated with The Sphere. During the Great Strike at Grimsby in 1901, steam trawlers were laid-up for 13 weeks. Food was sent […]
A young mandrill at Beechfield Zoo, Grimsby c1930s.
