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Cleethorpes Souvenirs.
Images kindly supplied by Dianne Roberts.
Pottery souvenirs of Cleethorpes. Dates unknown. ‘The Boy with the Leaking Boot’ and a Grafton China ‘Wil-Wat’ crab.
Images kindly supplied by Dianne Roberts.
Pottery souvenirs of Cleethorpes. Dates unknown. ‘The Boy with the Leaking Boot’ and a Grafton China ‘Wil-Wat’ crab.
“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 Boy with the Leaking Boot — Willow Art China c.1918–1925
The original ‘Boy with the Leaking Boot’, Cleethorpes 1965
A can of “Cleethorpes Air” c1950s/1960s
Cleethorpes Pier; a souvenir ceramic relief tea cup 1890s
Leaking boot & lily pond at night c1938
A WW1 Grafton crested china figure of a soldier with inscription ‘Over the Top’ and the Cleethorpes crest, marked to the base
