Little girl with ringlets looking at a newspaper on a pavement c1920s.
An original photograph from the Eskriett Collection. See other photos from the collection on this website.
An original photograph from the Eskriett Collection. See other photos from the collection on this website.

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

Eskriett Family Collection; Young girl with racquet and ball c1905

Young woman posing in front of Cleethorpes Pier 1920s

Little girl and toy by Hardy of Cleethorpes c1920s

Girl with dogs at Cleethorpes c1910

Beautiful late Victorian / Edwardian portrait from a glass negative c1900

Girl and boy in garden c1910