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An original handbill. Sam Fay, general manager.
An original handbill. Sam Fay, general manager.
An original handbill. Sam Fay, general manager.
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
Great Central Railway rulley at Grimsby c1908
An elegant, china, ‘Great Central Railway Co. – Grimsby’ dinner plate circa early-1900s
Great Central Railway Company’s Docks and Property at Grimsby 1913; detail 1
Great Central Railway; sailings between Grimsby and Germany, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, France and various West Indian ports c1903
Great Central Railway Company’s Docks and Property at Grimsby 1913; detail 2
Great Central Railway Co’s Hotels Dept., Grimsby; Guinness’s Extra Stout bottle 1897-1922