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English Electric Lightning at R.A.F. Binbrook 1976.
From an original slide.
Cold war era; 5 Squadron Lightning F3 XR713 ‘S’.
From an original slide.
Cold war era; 5 Squadron Lightning F3 XR713 ‘S’.
An Imagined Blue Plaque for Fred Bacon (1874–1966), Founder of Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District YMCA
Grimsby
“I wrote about this being my grandfather's boat - he was the engineer. It was first registered as INS 11 and is pronounced Pit-gay-vnay not Pit-gav-enny.”
Libby Lamb, 21 October 2026
“My grandfather was the engineer on this drifter when she was fishing out of Lossiemouth and then working as a minesweeper at Scapa Flow from 1915.”
Libby Lamb, 20 October 2026
“Stuart sent me a framed photo of the above photo. He was a dear friend of many years through first knowing his dear wife and lovely son.It is with great saddnessto learn of Stuarts death we emailed regularly ,he was a humble lovely person.I am chronically sick and bedbound ,Stuart's emails were always a pleasure to read and reply to.He was a nan of great integrity and humilityand the world has been better for him being part of itHow lovely ifa BleuePlaque could be erected fir himit is richly deserved.A lovely man who will be n greatly missed”
Cathy James, 19 October 2026
The 25th Anniversary of the English Electric Lightning, Binbrook 1979
Grimsby area English Electric Lightning crash 1968
Cold war era; Lightning crash near Grimsby 1968
Cold War; Gloster Meteor F.8, WF654 at RAF Binbrook 1969
WW2 Royal Air Force Group Portrait with Twin-Engined Aircraft
Avro Vulcan XH558 – A Final Farewell to Cleethorpes June 2015