Colourised Images
Colourised versions of some of our images. Do you prefer these or the originals?
‘Grimsby Man’ by Edwin Noble c1920s.
Edwin Noble’s studio was at 233 Freeman Street, Grimsby. His existing work shows that he was an excellent portrait photographer. It’s likely that his charges were above average.
Edwin Noble appears to have been in business from the 1890s until the 1930s.



The Gates, People’s Park, Grimsby c1920.

The Lodge, Scartho Road by S. J. Warren c1925; colourised.

Guy and Smith, drapers and complete furnishing warehousemen, 19/21 Victoria Street Grimsby c1910.

People’s Park by S. J. Warren c1920s – colourised.

Cheapside, Waltham c1918 – colourised.

War Memorial and Cheapside, Waltham c1920.

WW1 tank (‘Edna’) and German gun in People’s Park, Grimsby 1920.

Mock cenotaph and Queen’s Observatory in People’s Park c1920 (colourised).

John Robert Plaskett, grocer & provisions dealer, 1 Ripon Street, Grimsby 1907 – colourised.

The gate at one entrance to People’s Park, Grimsby c1910 – colourised.

Old Market Place, Grimsby; an artwork based on a 1905 albumen photograph.

The Tollerton family of Grimsby and their Darracq car c1905 (colourised).

The Cottage, Croxby Pond c1921 – colourised in 2022.

Walter Scott; Grimsby Town Penalty King 1909.

Marshall’s Flour Mills Grimsby c1910 – a hand-coloured picture.

Topliss’ Shop, Ludgate Hill, Waltham c1910 – colourised.

Grimsby News building and the Baptist Tabernacle, Victoria Street (colourised) c1912.

Young lady wearing hat by J. S. Bullen c1915 – colourised.

Theatre Royal, Grimsby; a colourised detail c1880s.

Front Street, Waltham – colourised c1911.

Pinfold Lane, Scartho c1914 – colourised.

Royal Visit to Grimsby 1912 – colourised.

‘Lady with hat’; a portrait by Lowthian Bros. c1890s – colourised.

Corporation Road and Marshall’s Mill, Grimsby c1914 – colourised.


