Richard Wood30 September 2026
Great to spot this online! Fred Wood was my much-loved Dad who sadly died suddenly in 1965 when I was only 16. He was a great family man and I still cherish many happy memories.
Fred. W. Wood Ltd., Bull Ring, Grimsby; Christmas 1932 radio advertisement.
The 1937 Kelly’s Directory of Lincolnshire has the following entry: Wood Fred W. Ltd. wireless apparatus dlrs. 24a, Bull ring & 257 Freeman st.
By 1951, Fred W Wood Ltd, of 24a Bull Ring, Grimsby was a Triumph car dealer.

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
Richard Wood30 September 2026
Great to spot this online! Fred Wood was my much-loved Dad who sadly died suddenly in 1965 when I was only 16. He was a great family man and I still cherish many happy memories.

Bull Ring, Grimsby; a pre-WW1 photo by EAS

Bull Ring, Grimsby 1920s

Bull Ring, Grimsby; a ‘National Series’ pre-WW1 postcard

Thomas Lee, baker & confectioner, 15 Bull Ring (much later Evington’s toy shop), Grimsby c1905

Bull Ring, Grimsby from the south side 1850

The largest advertisement hoarding in the UK; Grimsby 1930