Ephemera

Billhead

An old cheque from 1940

Osmonds Medicine Chests.

Eskimo Foods, Grimsby; 1950s advertisement.

Peter Dixons ‘Wetwrap’; 1950s advertisement.

‘Phillips Famous Floats’; 1950s advertisement. Manufactured in Grimsby.

St James Church, Grimsby; a 1960s print.

The Ship Inn, Barnoldby-le-Beck advertisement 1965.

Harold Wilson Prime Minister visits Grimsby in 1969.

John Pettit, Grimsby Butcher Receipt.

John Hatcliff billhead; dated September 1899. Importer of yeast, eggs and foreign produce. 18, Robinson Street West, Grimsby. For eggs and yeast supplied to Maltby & Coates, bakers.

Simons & Moore receipt from 1923.

Grimsby tithes notice dated June 1st 1826. Printed by Fotherby, Printer, Mercer-Row, Louth.

Fred Smith of Compass House, Grimsby; 1957 advertisement.

Fred LLoyd Motors Ltd, Nuns Corner, Grimsby; 1957 advertisement.

G. R. Harpham, Lord Street, Grimsby; 1957 advertisement.

Sir Thomas Robinson & Son (Grimsby) Ltd.; 1957 job advert.

Dobsons Ltd., Hutton Road, Fish Docks, Grimsby; 1957 advertisement.

Parker & Spyvee, Dispensing Chemists, Grimsby; c1950s small paper bag.

Fred. W. Wood Ltd., Bull Ring, Grimsby; Christmas 1932 radio advertisement.

An interesting car made by Lloyd Cars Ltd. of Grimsby in 1936.

Craske & Smith; Christmas 1932 advertisement.

R. B. Kettlewell, Tea Merchant, Grimsby; 1893 calendar detail.

R. B. Kettlewell, Tea Merchant, Grimsby; 1893 calendar.

Fairbank Kirby (Grimsby) Ltd. 1936.

1932 Grimsby advertisement; shoe fitting by X-rays.

Bromley’s Drinks; Grimsby 1909.

Winteringham School blazer badge c1930s.

WW1 Grimsby and Cleethorpes Schools fundraising certificate.

The Grimsby News; Nov. 6 1891.

Great Grimsby Docks 1870.

Grimsby Town F. C.; 1948 autographs.

Spillers’ Albatross Flour Packing Plant c1954.

Grimsby, Cleethorpes & District Directories for 1958 and 1970.

Lloyd Cars Ltd; 1950s advertisement.

Regal Cinema, Grimsby; 1945 programme.

Regal Cinema, Grimsby; 1945 programme.

A Tennyson family-Grimsby connection 1885.

The visit of the Prince & Princess of Wales 1879; a programme of events.

The Bond Cigar Co., Grimsby; ‘Havana Cigars’, a poem by J. J. Gittins 1908.

Suzi Quatro flyer; Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes 1973.

A greeting from Grimsby c1924.

Great Grimsby Coal, Salt & Tanning Co. Ltd. shares certificate 1910.

Osmond & Son Ltd., veterinary medicines, advertising flyer; early C20.

F. Sizer & Son, jeweller, Grimsby 1904.

Austria Returns Home / Österreich kehrt Heim 10th April 1938.

Empire Theatre, Cleethorpes programme 1956.

Flottergate Primitive Methodist Sunday School Institute Prize 1906.

F. Smith & Son (Grimsby) Ltd. advertisement c1939.

Chambers Tudor Cafe advertisement c1939.

A. G. Westrupp; jack-of-all-trades 1897.

Julie Andrews’ autograph 1954.

‘The Last Car to Grimsby’ c1907.

A wartime letter from J. S. Doig (Grimsby) Ltd., shipbuilders 1939.

An appreciation of Councillor Franklin Thornton’s year as Mayor of Grimsby and Chief Magistrate 1920/21.

Grimsby Town Hall; a detail from the illuminated Councillor Franklin Thornton manuscript 1921.

Grimsby’s Dock Tower; a detail from the illuminated Councillor Franklin Thornton manuscript 1921.

Grimsby Cenotaph; a detail from the illuminated Councillor Franklin Thornton manuscript 1921.

Houses of Parliament; a detail from the illuminated Councillor Franklin Thornton manuscript 1921.

Tickler’s Strawberry Jam advertisement 1928.

From a c1890s Grimsby calendar.

Doughty Museum – Catalogue of Ship Models 1964.

M. Edwards, Robinson & Co., importers of eggs, Grimsby; a 1904 price list.

Handbill for Coronation Procession for Queen Victoria in Grimsby, England – 1838.

List of members of Lincs Aero Club, Waltham 1934.

Advertisement for J. J. Crompton & Son, boot & shoe dealers, 7 Victoria St., Grimsby 1934.

Eggleston & Co., Flottergate, Grimsby; Do your pigs pay? 1894.

Scartho Road Bill 1824.

Large poster advertising the sale of 6 Grimsby houses in 1926.

Gaumont, Grimsby advertising card; Joan Collins starring in ‘Turn the Key Softly’ 1953.

Grimsby illustrated billhead; Thomas W. Swaby, general and fancy dealer, of The Warehouse, Freeman Street Xmas 1903.

Memoranda from John H. White, Emigration Offices, Laceby 1881; of local history and international history interest.

A collection of many antique Grimsby cheques and letters etc. from 1796.

Smith & Young, ironmongers, Grimsby; receipt for gas pendant etc. bought by the MS&LR 1847.

Robert Keetley, ship & boat builder, Grimsby billhead; the cost of an oak tree Midsummer 1848.

Theatre Royal poster, Grimsby 1891; The ‘Royal Thompson Trio’ were top of the bill.

George Shepherd, Market Place, Grimsby, wholesale & retail grocer, tea dealer & tallow chandler; 1848 billhead.

The registered trade mark of John Fletcher, butcher, of 152 Victoria Street, Grimsby 1890.

Two letterheads from Trent Guns & Cartridges Ltd., Grimsby 1932 and 1934.

The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR); receipt for stationery from William Skelton of Grimsby 1848.

“Kissing in Grimsby & Cleethorpes!” c1908.

An original handbill. Sam Fay, general manager.

Chas Jeffs Jr, fish merchant, advertising poster 1905

The Great Grimsby Coal, Salt & Tanning Co. Ltd., Grimsby Docks; a 1908 advertisement for their oilskin garments.

Receipt from the Caledonia Tavern, Grimsby signed by Clayton Croft 1818.

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Grimsby’s Violet Farebrother appears at the Theatre Royal, Brighton 1932.

Empire Theatre, Cleethorpes programme 1950.

Empire Theatre, Cleethorpes programme 1960.

Empire Theatre, Cleethorpes programmes 1953.

Parcel Post label; Grimsby East Marsh (GEM) 1901.

Page from the County Borough of Grimsby Year Book 1898

Huge ‘Great Grimsby Coal, Salt & Tanning Co. Ltd.’ parcel label addressed to Canada 1933.

Grimsby’s Freddie Frinton performs “Dinner for One” at Bournemouth 1959.