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Raising a pleasure craft from Alexandra Dock, Grimsby 1966.
From the original, large format negative.
From the original, large format negative.
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
Finnish timber ship in Alexandra Dock, Grimsby 1960s
PS ‘Lincoln Castle’ returning to Grimsby’s Royal Dock after a pleasure cruise September 1975
Alexandra Dock and Corporation Swing Bridge, Grimsby c1920
Grimsby Docks; from a Victorian newspaper c1895
View of the Dock Tower c1985
Royal Dock, Grimsby 1940s