Eskriett Family Collection; Young girl with racquet and ball c1905.
An unknown girl by an unknown photographer. From a collection of Eskriett family photos. The Eskrietts were shipwrights on Grimsby Docks.
An unknown girl by an unknown photographer. From a collection of Eskriett family photos. The Eskrietts were shipwrights on Grimsby Docks.

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

A portrait of an unknown young lady c1910

A studio portrait from the Eskriett photo collection by J. W. Hardy c1913

Portrait of girl with doll by E. Freeman of Grimsby c1910

J. & C. Eskriett, shipwrights, joiners & box makers c1880s

Little girl with ringlets looking at a newspaper on a pavement c1920s

A Victorian CdV portrait by Henry Blackburn; possibly of Elizabeth Ann Eskriett c1900