Dianne Roberts has very kindly sent us this image.
A sign advertising this retailer can be seen in our c1912 photo of Alexandra Road, Cleethorpes.
F. Sizer & Son was still at 130 Cleethorpe Road in 1923.
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
Signs in Alexandra Road, Cleethorpes c1912
Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery; the grave of John Thomas Sizer and family
A. C. Pailthorp, silversmith, Grimsby handbill 1893
Cleethorpes shopfront; Alexandra Road (A1098) c1905
Shops on Alexandra Road, Cleethorpes 1920
A detail from a Grimsby shopfront photo c1912
