A view from the signal tower on Fish Dock Island c1994.
From the original negative.
The Ørsted site is located where these shipping containers once stood.
From the original negative.
The Ørsted site is located where these shipping containers once stood.

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 view from the signal tower on Fish Dock Island towards Royal Dock Basin c1994

View of the Dock Tower c1985

The North Wall, Grimsby Docks from the top of the Dock Signal Tower on Fish Dock Island 1992

Fish Dock Island c1992

A view from the Dock Tower 1933/1934 [Photo. 1]

A view from the Dock Tower 1933/1934 [Photo. 2]