A print from the Jeff Beedham Collection.
A rail-mounted crane was used to stack woodpulp in the storage sidings.
Peter Dixon & Son Ltd. made paper in Grimsby from 1906 until 1973. They once supplied newsprint to all the leading British and Australasian newspapers.
“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
Opening of the West Marsh Paper Mills, Grimsby - 1906
Industrial workshops on the old North Wall at Grimsby Docks c1900
Dobsons Ltd., Fish Docks, Grimsby Advertisement 1957
Grimsby Docks; packing fish boxes c1970s
Charlton Street, West Marsh, Grimsby c1950s
Cosalt plc and E. Bacon Ltd. buildings on Grimsby Docks c1992
