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Gorton Street, Grimsby Docks 1990s.
From the original negative. A panorama.
The picture shows the Ice Factory. All the buildings on the left side have been demolished.
From the original negative. A panorama.
The picture shows the Ice Factory. All the buildings on the left side have been demolished.
“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
The Ice Factory in Gorton Street, Grimsby Docks c1992
The Murray Street-Gorton Street junction on Grimsby Docks c1930
The Murray Street-Gorton Street junction on Grimsby Docks c1930 (detail)
Grimsby Ice Factory; a view of the Fish Dock Road side 2009
Murray Street, Grimsby Docks 1990s
The Ice Factory viewed from Murray Street c1997
