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Skaters on the frozen Boating Lake at Cleethorpes 1947.
A unique, original, medium format, black and white slide. The photograph was taken during the famous winter of 1947 on 2nd March.
A unique, original, medium format, black and white slide. The photograph was taken during the famous winter of 1947 on 2nd March.
“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
Skaters on the frozen Boating Lake at Cleethorpes 1947 – colourised
When the Humber froze; Cleethorpes 1947
Icicles under Cleethorpes Pier 1963? or 1947? (or 1940?)
Snow drifts over Grimsby Road, Waltham 1947
The effect of heavy snowfall at Cleethorpes whilst the tide was out 1929
Waltham Road snow drifts (2) 1947
