An original theatre programme for the week commencing 18th July 1960 (twice nightly).
The star of the show was Jimmy Wheeler, comedian.
The Empire Theatre closed as a theatre the following month.
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
Empire Theatre, Cleethorpes programme 1950
Empire Theatre, Cleethorpes c1907
The Empire Cinema, Cleethorpes c1920
Poster advertising an evening of variety acts at the Empire Theatre, Cleethorpes; Jackie Dennis, Larry Grayson etc. 1959
The Empire Cinema, Cleethorpes; a c1922 and 2022 blend
Poster advertising a pantomime at the Empire Theatre, Cleethorpes 1959
