Cold War; Gloster Meteor F.8, WF654 at RAF Binbrook 1969.
An original photo. The location is Crash Gate 3, Thorganby.
From the days when this Crash Gate remained largely undiscovered!
An original photo. The location is Crash Gate 3, Thorganby.
From the days when this Crash Gate remained largely undiscovered!

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

Cold war era; Lightning crash near Grimsby 1968

English Electric Lightning_f3_xr713_1976_GaCM

Grimsby area English Electric Lightning crash 1968

Cold War; Bloodhound missile at RAF North Coates c1962

Cold War; Bloodhound missiles at RAF North Coates c1962

The 25th Anniversary of the English Electric Lightning, Binbrook 1979