Waverley Commercial Hotel, 13 High Cliff Road, Cleethorpes 1935. (Now the central part of The Smugglers.)

An original, 1935 photographic postcard by Joseph Samuel Bullen, photographer, Oakfield Studio, 143 Welholme Road, Grimsby.

From directories: 1933 – Waverley Commercial Hotel (Mrs Vera Hodgson, proprietress), 13 High Cliff Road. 1922 – Kettle Fred, civil servant, and Bromley Fred, mineral water manufacturer, and Basstobey Alfred, gas engineer. 12 High Cliff. 1922 – Hurst A., apartments. 13 High Cliff. 1922 – Clark Walter. 14 High Cliff. 1937 – Waverley Commercial Hotel (Mrs Vera Hodgson, proprietress), 13 High Cliff Road. 1958 – Brunswick Hotel, commercial & residential hotel, 13-14 High Cliff Road. 1970 – Brunswick Hotel, commercial & residential hotel, 13-14 High Cliff Road. Current – The Smugglers Inn, 12-14 High Cliff (Highcliff) Road, Cleethorpes.

Note: Joseph Samuel Bullen (1871-1944), photographer, was an Irishman. He worked in Grimsby and Louth from c1905 until c1937. His studios were at 183 Freeman Street and later at 143 Welholme Road. Examples of his later work were often dated. He also had a studio at 91 Eastgate, Louth.