Tram on Deansgate Bridge c1903.
A detail from an early, unposted, real photographic postcard. The photographer/producer is not given. There is no message. The design of the postcard back dates it to not long after 1902.
A detail from an early, unposted, real photographic postcard. The photographer/producer is not given. There is no message. The design of the postcard back dates it to not long after 1902.

“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

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Tram in Bargate, Grimsby c1905

Train leaving Grimsby Town Station c1955

Bargate, Grimsby c1904

A Great Grimsby Street Tramways tram and crew; the tram is decorated for the County Show in Grimsby 1904

Exposed granite setts (cobbles) on Deansgate Bridge – photo 2 November 2024