The Great Fire on Cleethorpes Pier by Harry Harrison 1903.

An antique print taken from ‘The Black and White Budget’, a short-lived periodical published between 1899 and 1905. The photo was taken by (Thomas) Harry/Henry Harrison, (artist and) photographer, of 70 Lovett Street, New Clee.

The original pavilion at the end of the full-length pier was destroyed by fire in 1903. A new pavilion was built halfway along the pier in 1905. This is now a fish and chips restaurant (2024).

Thomas Harry Harrison was born in Northampton in 1871 or 1872. He married Alice Carver in Nottingham in 1891. They had three children; Agnes Edna (Long Eaton / Shardlow, Derbyshire 1900 – York 1977), Henry Arthur Carver / Arthur Harry Carver (Grimsby / Cleethorpes 1906 -1957) and Hilda Kathleen (Grimsby 1910 – Essex 1963).

Thomas Harry Harrison died in Grimsby on 12th September 1928. Alice died after 1939 in Yorkshire? She was living with Agnes Edna and husband in Selby in 1939.

Research by Grimsby and Cleethorpes Museum.