Grimsby
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A very large John Reinecke’s stoneware bottle with tap.
Osmonds Medicine Chest early 1930s.
Savannah Dance Band by Grimsby photographer, Bullen.
Victoria Mills and Corporation Bridge by unknown photographer/publisher.
Freeman Street, Grimsby; unknown photographer/publisher.
Prince of Wales Theatre, Freeman Street Grimsby; a ‘Jay Em Jay Series Gy’ postcard c1910.
‘The First Locomotive Passing Great Grimsby Church, on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway’ (April 1848).
Victoria Flour Mills, Grimsby. Unknown photographer/publisher. The handwritten annotation on the reverse reads ‘Showing progress of new buildings – 11. 11/. 06.’
Marshall’s Flour Mills Grimsby by ‘Jay Em Jay Series Gy’.
An original Hewitts Ales enamel sign c1960s.
Hainton Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Grimsby c1906.
Campbell-Connelly Song Depot; Grimsby area 1936. Taken by the excellent Grimsby photographer, Sid Burton, in 1936. The location could be Cleethorpes.
Old, cast iron, pavement drainage channel made by a company established in Grimsby in 1919.
A set of late Victorian, thin brass stencil sheets. One is for stencilling the address of H. Hewins, architect, of Freeman Street Grimsby.
Bull Ring, Grimsby; a ‘Jay Em Jay Series Gy’ postcard c1915. One of Grimsby’s most missed views.
Bull Ring, Grimsby; a ‘National Series’ pre-WW1 postcard. One of Grimsby’s most missed views.
Grimsby Town Station by ‘Jay Em Jay Series Gy’ c1910.
British Railways (Eastern Region); Grimsby Town Paycheck c1950.
Grimsby Municipal College; 1922 cricket ball throwing medal.
Scarthoe Road, Scarthoe, Grimsby; a c1930s photographic postcard by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. of London.
‘The Laurels’, 12 Abbey Road, Grimsby pre-WW2. At the junction of Abbey Road and Abbey Park Road.
A. H. Parker, beef and pork butcher, Victoria St., Grimsby c1963. Located at 122 & 124 Victoria Street (West). The properties at numbers 122, 124 and 126 were demolished to build a three-storey premises, now a branch of Swinton Insurance.
A. H. Parker, tobacconist, 126 Victoria St. (West), Grimsby c1950s. The properties at numbers 122, 124 and 126 were demolished to build a three-storey premises, now a branch of Swinton Insurance.
Savoy Picture House, Victoria Street, Grimsby 1932. Now McDonald’s.
View from St James’ Church, Grimsby c1950s.
Parker & Spyvee, Dispensing Chemists, Grimsby 1962.
F. W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd., Freeman Street, Grimsby c1930.
Scartho Road, Grimsby by S. J. Warren c1920s.
1866 Lord Carrington letter cover, sent from Grimsby to London.
Hainton Avenue, Grimsby c1910.
Bargate, Grimsby; a “Jay Em Jay” Series 1 postcard c1908.
County Show Decorations, Grimsby 1904.
Old Market Place, Grimsby; a Valentine postcard registered in 1938.
Scartho Wesleyan Chapel in c1906.
New Inn, Grimsby 1932.
Barber shop in Central Market, Grimsby c1930s.
A pre-WW2 promotional leather wallet from Fitchett Bros., Family Butchers of Grimsby.
Corn Exchange, Grimsby by A. G. Stevens c1904.
Parkin Atkin Soda Syphon; Grimsby, early 20th century.
Edwardian Grimsby; Smethurst Memorial, People’s Park printed c1920.
Grimsby Cycle Club 1926 silver membership badge.
The Bull Ring Grimsby c1950; an ‘R A Series’ postcard.
Historical Pear Tree, Grimsby c1880s.
Victoria Street, Grimsby; a 1951 Valentine’s postcard.
St James’s Church, Grimsby by A. G. Stevens c1904.
Football Challenge Cup; won by Grimsby Town in 1900.
Freeman Street Market, Grimsby c1905.
Grimsby Town Station; a c1899 magic lantern slide.
Palace Theatre, Grimsby c1910.
Grimsby Market Place c1905.
Grimsby Docks Station with colour advert July 1960.
Park Drive, Grimsby c1912.
Grimsby and District Hospital by J. Browne c1880s.
British Railways Electric Railcar 4 Grimsby-Immingham 1955.
Medal to commemorate the opening of People’s Park in 1883.
The King and Queen in Bethlehem Street, Grimsby on 22nd July 1912.
River Head, Grimsby c1912.
Corporation Hotel, 88 Freeman Street, Grimsby pre-WW1.
The Other Tea Room, Grimsby by S. J. Warren c1920s.
Tickler’s Jam Factory, Grimsby.
Grimsby Women’s Unionist League membership badge c1910.
Fairbank Kirby Ltd; Peppermint Spirit bottle c1950s (or before).
c1930s Grimsby area bottles.
Beechfield Zoo, Grimsby: Sousie and her keeper c1930s.
Lipton Limited, Grimsby c1910.
L.A.S. County Show Decorations, Grimsby 1904.
L.A.S. County Show Decorations, Riby Square, Grimsby 1904.
L.A.S. County Show decorations, Grimsby 1904; mock gateway.
Grimsby soda water plant c1910.
The fountain in People’s Park, Grimsby c1910.
The fountain in People’s Park, Grimsby (detail) c1910.
The People’s Park, Grimsby; west entrance and gates c1909
A Snowy Freeman Street c1909.
The People’s Park, Grimsby; west entrance and gates c1906.
Grimsby Parish Church; a c1900 court card.
Grimsby motorcycle rally at Nun’s Farm c1910.
Grimsby Horse Show; Sir George Doughty M.P. presents a cup c1909.
Coronation Trades Procession; Freeman St., Grimsby 1911.
Parish Church, Grimsby c1907.
Motor fire-engine and escape for Grimsby 1906.
Grimsby School Board; Victorian dinners token.
“Millfields”, Bargate, Grimsby c1920s.
Bandstand in People’s Park, Grimsby c1930.
People’s Park Refreshment Rooms, Grimsby c1905.
Littlefield Crossing Signal Box c1980s.
Trees opposite Yarborough Terrace, Grimsby c1890.
Bull Ring, Grimsby; a pre-WW1 photo by EAS.
Grimsby Docks Station 1950s
George Lawson, draper c1900.
Vintage cigar cutters; Bond Cigar Co., Grimsby (early C20).
Baxter Gate, Grimsby c1895.
Hospitium of St. John, Grimsby c1890.
Clayton Hall, Grimsby pre-1890s.
Parker & Spyvee, Dispensing Chemists; Glycerine c1950s.
Bellamy Bros Ltd. metal sign c1960.
Haycroft Laundry, Grimsby c1940.
An accident at night in Corporation Road, Grimsby c1959.
Outside the Drill Hall in Heneage Road, Grimsby 1912.
King Edward Street, Grimsby c1950s.
Smith & Sons, Victoria Street, Grimsby c1913.
Victorian family; location unknown, thought to be Grimsby.
Victoria Street, Grimsby c1906.
Town Hall, Grimsby at night c1904.
Grimsby Borough ‘Invicta’ Steamroller c1920.
A. A. Clarke, Steam Wagon, Grimsby c1915.
Grimsby Town Railway Station c1911.
A Mini in Ravenspurn Street early 1960s.
A Grimsby Fish, Game and Poultry Dealer pre-WW1.
Old Market Place, Grimsby; a Jay Em Jay Series postcard c1919.
Heck House, Augusta Street, Grimsby c1905.
‘Tram Pinch’ in Corporation Road, Grimsby c1950s.
Art Deco plaque presented by H. Mudd & Son Ltd. c1932.
Grimsby Statute Fair early 1920s.
Paragon Cinema Theatre advert in Watkin Street, Grimsby c1940s.
Grimsby Municipal Airport c1939.
Edwardian glass positive of People’s Park, Grimsby.
Robert Cook brass advertising tray c1890s.
Great Grimsby Co-operative Society Ltd. wagons c1905.
Charlton & Co., Grimsby; workers and Karrier truck c1912.
People’s Park Gates and tram c1904.
Sowerby & Co. Ltd., seed crushers, Grimsby 1950s.
‘Kittens’ by Edwin Noble c1910.
Freeman Street, Grimsby c1906.
G. C. R. Grimsby District Electric Railway paycheck.
Grimsby & District School Sports Association medallion 1924.
Charles E. Walsham, confectioner, Grimsby c1909.
Grimsby’s new bridge opened by the Prince of Wales July 1928.
A cane presented to Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet MP at Grimsby 1879.
Grimsby taxi and nine men c1920.
20 and 19 People’s Park, Grimsby c1930s
Ludæ Villa and Ash Tree Villa, Grimsby c1910.
The Whale on Sands, Grimsby c1907.
Royal Visit to Grimsby 1912.
Harper Phillips and Co. Ltd., Albion Foundry, Eastgate, Grimsby 1933.
A Great Grimsby Street Tramways Co. tram at People’s Park.
J. Duke, ironmonger, Bethlehem Street 1912.
Palace Theatre, Victoria Street, Grimsby c1914.
Freeman Street, Grimsby c1920s.
St. James’ Church, Grimsby; a rare “Platino-Photo” c1905.
Roadworks in Bargate, Grimsby c1914.
Corporation Road and Marshall’s Mill, Grimsby c1914.
A ‘Grimsby Box’ by J. H. Dobson c1910.
A silver, wartime A.F.S. bracelet which belonged to Eric James Chapman of Park Drive, Grimsby.
Tram in Bargate, Grimsby c1905.
Riverhead, Grimsby c1920.
Grimsby; Park Gates c1904.
The Red Lion, Freeman Street, Grimsby (detail) c1905.
A Grimsby ‘Isinglass’ bottle c1930.
Bird’s eye view of Grimsby by Lee, Bull Ring c1910.
Palmer’s Corner, Old Grimsby c1910 or earlier.
Old Market Place, Grimsby by Doncaster Rotophoto c1920.
Flottergate, Grimsby by “Glenco Series” c1905.
The childhood home of Sir Joseph Nickerson.
Grimsby Evening Telegraph Childen’s Club; Uncle Peter Badge.
Funeral of Minesweepers at Grimsby in 1916 Photo. 1.
Funeral of Minesweepers at Grimsby in 1916 Photo. 2.
Funeral of Minesweepers at Grimsby in 1916 Photo. 3.
1889/1906, 1925 and 1957.
Kennington & Son, Grimsby Porter bottle c1851-1871.
Bargate Cottages, Grimsby with flags c1930s.
Watmough & Son Ltd. biscuit tin c1940.
Victoria Flour Mills, Great Grimsby c1921.
L.N.E.R. gate lamp at Garden Street crossing, Grimsby 1990.
The Old Gables, Grimsby c1890.
Grimsby Corporation AEC Regal bus 1956.
Bull Ring, Grimsby 1920s.
The Old Market & Corn Exchange, Grimsby c1910.
Trams on Cleethorpe Road 1924.
Old Market Place, Grimsby c1920s.
The Abbey, Grimsby c1890s.
Central Market, Grimsby 1851.
The Albert Memorial, Grimsby c1897.
“A Basket of the King’s Roses”; Coronation Day 1911
The Theatre Royal, Grimsby c1880s.
‘Grimsby Church’ c1860s.
No. 11 bus in Bethlehem Street (Old Market Place) 1969.
Old merchants’_houses opposite the Riverhead, Grimsby c1906
Mrs Sarah Berry, fruiterer & poulterer, Victoria Street, Grimsby c1910.
Boiling House Creek, Grimsby; a Victorian image.
Grimsby’s Extra Strong Scent Bottle c1910.
Bargate, Grimsby c1904.
Royal visit to Grimsby c1910.
T. G. Tickler one shilling token from the early 20th century.
The No. 7 bus from Central Market to Flottergate 1952.
The tower Old Market Place, Grimsby 1950s.
Grimsby Town FC; Arthur Bateman’s winner’s medal 1931.
Grimsby (Beechfield) Zoo lions 1930s
Boys fishing at the Riverhead, Grimsby 1937 or 1938.
rnest George Ottaway; a prizewinner at the 1927 Grimsby Show.
‘Imperial Queen Flour’ bag; from Victorian Grimsby.
Victorian Embroidery Sampler by Lily Stattersfield of Grimsby.
A 2X bus at the stop outside Cromwell Florist, Bull Ring 1960.
Blue and Yellow Macaw; Beechfield Zoo, Grimsby c1930s.
A Victorian, silk handkerchief advertising Thomas W. Swaby of Grimsby c1880s.
GY.220 ‘Macandi’ passes under Corporation Bridge c1994.
Grimsby’s record whist drive c1920s
A 1st Prize Maiden Heifer at the Grimsby Fat Show 1924.
The Park, Grimsby c1910.
County Police Station, Brighowgate c1905.
William Hill & Son (Grimsby) Ltd., mineral water manufacturers, match striker c1910.
Site of the former RAF Grimsby 2021.
Pettit butcher’s shop tiles 2021.
Osmond & Sons; Brown Draught 1938.
L.N.E.R. 6167 at Grimsby Town 1932.
Grimsby & Cleethorpes Transport tie and lapel badge 1981.
Abbey Commercial Hotel and Moss Road Power Station c1950s.
16 Clayton Street, Grimsby c1940s.
Train leaving Grimsby Town Station c1955.
Brighowgate Bus Station snack bar c1950s.
The Star Tea Co. Ltd., 17 Freeman St., Grimsby c1912.
Fish drying fields at Grimsby c1910.
Gardner’s wet fish mobile shop 1950s.
The bandstand in People’s Park in winter c1950s.
Entrance to People’s Park, Grimsby pre-1905.
Entrance to People’s Park, Grimsby (with annotation in French) c1905.
The Avenue, People’s Park, Grimsby mid-1950s.
A Great Grimsby Street Tramways tram and crew; the tram is decorated for the County Show in Grimsby 1904.
Dogs chasing in People’s Park 1951.
The Building News; Great Grimsby Liberal Club premises 1884.
Looking across the Old Market Place, Grimsby in February 1964.
Platform 3, Grimsby Town Station; waiting for a morning train in February 1964 (in colour).
Soames Maltings, Grimsby; with fascinating connections c1870s.
W. Redhead & Son Ltd, ironmonger; a Grimsby shopfront photo c1905.
Freeman Street Market, Grimsby c1913.
Glass cream pot; Willie Atkin, 30 Earl Street Grimsby c1930s.
Tickler’s Jam, Grimsby; ‘Nell Gwyn’ marmalade advertising playing cards c1950??
Freeman Street Market, Grimsby c1908.
The largest advertisement hoarding in the UK; Grimsby 1930.
Victorian, lignum vitae, shipwright’s plane sold by Oakden & Sharpe, Grimsby
Grimsby Flying Club (pigeon) medal c1904.
‘Reminiscences of a Student’s Life at Edinburgh in the Seventies’ (1870s) by George Skelton Stephenson of The Manor House, Grimsby 1918.
Medallion with the Grimsby Coat of Arms; Tariff Reform F.C. – Winners Grimsby Charity Cup 1914.
Face on a building in Town Hall Square 2022.
Very old, 1901 Victorian postcard; The Park gates, Grimsby.
The Grimsby Coat of Arms; Grimsby Town Hall 2022.
An aerial view of The Vicarage, Bargate c1930s.
The Fishermen’s Memorial, St. Andrew’s Church, Grimsby c1930s.
Grimsby Charity Sports (G.C.S.) Harriers race in Corporation Road c1905.
Walking along Corporation Road c1905.
Grimsby & Cleethorpes Amateur Swimming Association medal 1925.
“Poplar House” and the Hill’s Poplar Works (soda water/drinks factory) chimney 2022.
Hewitt Brothers Ltd. ceramic matchstriker early C20.
Portrait of Ethel A. Marshall of 28 Macaulay Street, Grimsby 1904.
PS ‘Lincoln Castle’ and Viking Radio bus c1988.
Old Market Place, Grimsby c1920.
William Redhead & Son, Grimsby; razors c1905.
Grimsby-Cleethorpes Transport bus MBE 616R; Viking Radio advertisement c1985.
Bromley’s lorries, Columbia Road, Grimsby c1960.
Two Grimsby swimming medals awarded to father and son members of the Tuxworth family 1922 and c1931.
Buses inside the Grimsby-Cleethorpes Joint Transport Committee (now Stagecoach) depot 1962.
Old Mansfield Brewery sign in Grimsby 2022.
On a boat trip to Spurn 1951.
C. E. Torry, importer merchant, Great Grimsby bookmark 1890s.
More swimming medals won by Grimsby’s star swimmer, (Alfred) Frank Tuxworth c1905, 1913, 1924 etc.
Railways Athletic Association swimming award 1934; Frank Tuxworth of Grimsby.
Edwardian Grimsby working men with a single, leather shoulder pad c1905.
Portrait of a navy officer and his sea scout son by Clem Kenning, photographer, c1913/1914 or 1918.
The entrance to the brand new People’s Park, Grimsby c1885.
Granville Tours bus in the Bull Ring, Grimsby 1960s.
Charlton Street, West Marsh, Grimsby c1950s.
Frederick Lake Marris, chemist, 19 or 17 Corporation Road, Grimsby c1910.
The original Corporation Bridge over Alexandra Dock c1910.
Dixons Paper Mills, West Marsh, Grimsby; stacking woodpulp c1950s.
Corporation Road – Annesley Street junction at night 1959.
A ceramic, ‘Great Central Railway Co. – Grimsby’ dinner plate circa early-1900s.
An elegant, china, ‘Great Central Railway Co. – Grimsby’ dinner plate circa early-1900s.
Coronation King George V; Grimsby children’s festivities programme (69 schools) 1911
Tivoli Theatre, Grimsby; William Hepworth, Stage Manager c1908.
Nos. 1 to 17 Corporation Road, Grimsby 1969.
Looking down Watkin Street from Corporation Road, Grimsby c1960s.
Fildes Street – Oliver Street corner, West Marsh, Grimsby 1971.
Bob and Hannah Allington in their garden in Grimsby’s West Marsh c1920.
In memory of Jeff Beedham (1951-2019), West Marsh historian.
Grimsby’s oldest houses; 17 & 19 Wellowgate dated 1792.
A. C. Pailthorp, silversmith, Grimsby handbill 1893.
West side of Ayscough Street, West Marsh, Grimsby c1970.
Grimsby Cleethorpes Joint Transport Committee motor bus No. 80 JV 9900 in Bethlehem Street c1958.
James Kirkby Riggall (1828-1898), grocer, of Grimsby; a portrait by E. T. Jenkins 1887 (YMCA interest).
Residents looking at the flood in Roberts Street, Grimsby 1922.
The drinking fountain in Grant Thorold Park c1905.
St. James’ Church & Grosvenor Crescent c1907.
‘Lucky in Love’; posters advertising a 1929 film showing at the Tower Cinema in Kent Street, Grimsby.
Borough of Grimsby Merryweather fire engine 1927.
Lawson & Stockdale Ltd. clothes brush c1960s.
“Grimsby for Fish”; a poem by Wilhelm Raman 1929.
Tierney’s Cigars vesta case; Grimsby early 1900s.
Beechfield Zoo, Grimsby; Flamingos c1930.
The Palace Theatre, Grimsby c1907.
B1 Class steam locomotive 61232 leaves Grimsby Docks 1964.
NatWest Bank, 66 Victoria Street, Grimsby; built 1903/1904.
‘Crisp-It’ by Henry Bright & Sons, Ltd., Grimsby 1920s/1930s.
Grimsby bottle; J. Brant & Co. (unknown) early 1900s?
Wellow Brewery, Grimsby beer bottle with flip-top stopper c1910.
“Colyton” 4, Park Drive, Grimsby c1917.
Two young ‘Great Grimsby Street Tramways Company’ conductors 1920s.
Fildes Street – Oliver Street corner, West Marsh, Grimsby 1971.
Sadly, Croxby Pond has gone. (Plus: a record carp, Hewitt’s Brewery, electrotherapy machines and a museum in Devon).
Ponies at Beechfield Zoo, Grimsby 1930s.
Buzzard at Beechfield Zoo, Grimsby 1930s.
The cloaked ‘Guardian of Knowledge’, Grimsby Library 2022.
Lloyd Cars Ltd., Grimsby; Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plate (unused) c1940s.
Trent Guns & Cartridges, Limited, Shot Tower, Grimsby 1934.
Carved portraits in the vault beneath the Haagensen Memorial, Laceby Cemetery 2022.
A rare opportunity to explore the vault under the once-famous Haagensen Memorial, Laceby – 3rd September 2022.
The vault beneath the once-famous Haagensen Memorial, Laceby 2022.
Moss Road Power Station, Grimsby c1950s.
‘The Secret of Life, Health and Rejuvenation’ by O. C. J. G. L. Overbeck of Chantry House, Grimsby 1934.
‘Overbeck’s Rejuvenator’; from Chantry House, Grimsby and sold all over the world! 1920s/1930s.
Queen’s Hall Cinema, Alexandra Road, Grimsby c1961.
‘Overbeck’s Rejuvenator’; from Chantry House, Grimsby and sold all over the world! 1920s/1930s (Page 13).
The grave of Cooper Snowden (1838-1901), sawmill proprietor / manufacturing joiner / owner of a large and prosperous business.
Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery; the grave of John Thomas Sizer and family.
Swains Terrace, Wellowgate, Grimsby by Colin Carr 1986.
Overbeck’s Rejuvenator; sent all over the world from Chantry House, Grimsby 1930s.
The grave of Thomas William Swaby (1858-1923), general and fancy draper, owner of a large business once located at 155 to 161 Freeman Street.
Grimsby Hall (Clayton’s Hall) in 1830; a painting by George Skelton (1854-1932) 1895.
Allchin steam wagon; A. A. Clarke & Co., general carriers, Grimsby. An artwork by Edwin Noble c1915.
Portrait of a mother and her two daughters by White Bros. of Grimsby c1890s; a picture with links to important local and international history.
Herbert and Annie (possibly) on ‘EE 5543’, a 3.45 hp ‘Excelsior Sports’ motorcycle c1920s.
Grant Thorold Park Keeper 1913.
Grimsby ‘guard stone’ in 2022 and 1913.
Alderman Jack Sutcliffe’s funeral procession 1913.
No. 10 bus WFU 466V outside the former Wabys shop in Cleethorpe Road c1982.
Grant Thorold Bowling Team, Grimsby c1913.
An early, deluxe model of Overbeck’s Rejuvenator (sold from Chantry House, Grimsby) c1928.
The combined hull of ‘Julie Ann’ SA.14 and wheelhouse of ‘Sarah Thinnesen’ GY.385 sunk in Alexandra Dock c1992.
PS ‘Lincoln Castle’ and trawler ‘Ross Tiger’ GY.398 by the Fishing Heritage Centre c1992.
Uncovered; the original, mosaic of the company name high on a former Cosalt building October 2022.
County Show celebrations, Grimsby 1904.
Albert Gait, (1834-1907) printer; gravestone at Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery
The Tollerton family of Grimsby and their Darracq car c1905.
Aveling & Porter steam roller no. 8240 in Central Market, Grimsby 1954.
The Globe Cinema, Victoria Street Grimsby c1958.
Osmond & Son Ltd., Grimsby; life-saving, “Lincolnshire” lambing chest c1931.
A copy of the thirteenth century seal of Grimsby Corporation.
Grimsby (Beechfield) Zoo lions – photo 2 c1931.
Crested china; Haagensen Memorial, Laceby c1920s.
WW1 era COSALT mosaic panel ampersand 2022.
Freeman Street Market, Grimsby by Bullen c1906.
Great Central Railway rulley at Grimsby c1908.
Edward Bannister & Co. Ltd., Coal Merchants, Grimsby; coal cart in Bargate, Grimsby c1908.
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.
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.
Grimsby (Beechfield) Zoo; elephant 1931.
‘The Royal Cabinet Album of Grimsby’; published by Albert Gait c1880.
‘Continuous Certificate of Discharge for the Fishing Trade’; Augustus Garfield Laity 1919.
Hewitt Bros. Ltd., Grimsby; brass beer barrel bung collar early C20.
A family in their Hillman car; a photo by J. S. Bullen of Grimsby 1910s.
An original shopfront photo; The Star Tea Co. Ltd., 17 Freeman Street, Grimsby c1912.
A detail from a Grimsby shopfront photo c1912.
Grimsby’s ‘Fighting Fisherman’; Jerry Thompson (1888-1969) by Harry Shaw c1905.
Victoria Street, Grimsby with South Dock Street on the right c1906.
Local landmark 2022.
Hewitt Brothers Ltd., Grimsby; inside the cooper’s shop adjoining the brewery c1950.
William Goulder Robinson M.Ph.Sc., pharmacist, Grimsby; engraved copper plate c1910.
Heritage vessels in Alexandra Dock, Grimsby late 1990s.
Humber Street bridge construction works October 1931.
Humber Street bridge construction works February 1932.
1879 statue of Prince Albert in front of the Dock Offices, Grimsby December 2022.
The registered trade mark of John Fletcher, butcher, of 152 Victoria Street, Grimsby 1890.
‘Grimsby 1930’ badge.
Sir E. W. Watkin Bart MP; the inscription around the silver collar of an oak cane 1879.
Bond Tobacco Co., Grimsby; cigarette packets c1930s.
Grimsby and Cleethorpes Volunteer Training Corps inspection at People’s Park, March 14th 1915.
The opening of the Union Dock and unveiling of the statue of Albert; a Medallion commemorating the Royal visit 1879.
Infrared photo of the bandstand in People’s Park c1990s.
‘Overbeck’s Rejuvenator’ later model early 1940s.
Demolition of the Corn Exchange (detail) c1952.
See three different examples of the Overbeck’s Rejuvenator on this page and read the fascinating story of Otto Christoph Joseph Gerhardt Ludwig Overbeck. Head Office of the worldwide Overbeck’s Rejuvenator company was located at Chantry House, Deansgate, Grimsby for about 20 years from the late 1920s until the late 1940s.
Policemen on parade outside Grimsby Town Hall c1910.
‘The Illustrated London News’; The Duke and Duchess of Connaught opening the People’s Park at Great Grimsby 1883.
A view of the Bull Ring from the tower of St James’ Church (now Grimsby Minster) c1959.
Grimsby omnibus with advertising; a photo taken at the junction of Bargate and Welholme Road c1907+.
London & North Eastern Railway – Grimsby Docks map 1940.
The gate at one entrance to People’s Park, Grimsby c1910 – colourised.
The Bull Ring, Grimsby; ‘1957 Underhills Umbrella Shop’ by John Landrey 1982.
The Bull Ring, Grimsby; ‘1928 The Carriers’ by John Landrey 1982.
John Robert Plaskett, grocer & provisions dealer, 1 Ripon Street, Grimsby 1907.
Joseph Sellars, a carrier operating between Waltham and Grimsby and Waltham and Louth c1890.
Ceramic, promotional figure for Tickler’s ‘Nell Gwyn’ marmalade.
The Hartford Collection; construction of new premises for Lincolnshire Motors in Corporation Road, Grimsby 1970.
Grimsby’s Old Town Hall c1860.
Mr. Christmas Holly Cattermole’s stationery shop, Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby c1906.
The grave of Dame Eugenia Doughty O.B.E. (1874-1934), wife of Sir George Doughty (1854-1914), at Scartho Road Cemetery.
Thomas Lee, baker & confectioner, 15 Bull Ring (much later Evington’s toy shop), Grimsby c1905.
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR); receipt for stationery from William Skelton of Grimsby 1848.
Grimsby Exhibition 1936; Turog bread baking award.
“Kissing in Grimsby & Cleethorpes!” c1908.
Market Place, Grimsby c1909.
An original magic lantern slide. The image dates to c1860 as the building is undergoing significant restoration. It appears to be a photograph overlayed with an ink wash. The magic lantern slide was probably made in c1890s. The Old Town Hall and the Yarborough Hotel can be seen on the right. The current Town Hall […]
The Park, Grimsby c1903.
Memorial to Sir Alec Black, 1st Bt (1872-1942).
Mock cenotaph and Queen’s Observatory in People’s Park c1920 (colourised).
WW1 tank (‘Edna’) and German gun in People’s Park, Grimsby 1920.
Corporation Road, West Marsh, Grimsby (Nos. 23-49+) June 1970.
George Street Wesleyan Chapel, Grimsby c1912.
ARP nurses by a door on the Nacton Street/Tomline Street corner, Grimsby 1939.
Thomas George Talbot, ice-cream seller, and a hungry dog c1928.
A detail from a photographic postcard by The R.A.(Postcards) Ltd., London E.C.4, otherwise ‘R A Series’. ‘R A’ stands for Radermacher, Aldous & Co. The postcard is dated 17th January 1953. The recipient was Mrs. A. M. Berger, 3 Mosshall Crescent, London N.12. (A large house which still exists.) The message is in German. It […]
George Street Wesleyan Chapel, Grimsby c1905.
Drinking fountain presented to the people of Grimsby by Edward Bannister in 1869; a 1979 photo.
Before the demolition of Grosvenor Crescent c1980.
The figure of Samson in People’s Park c1910.
A last look before the demolition of the former Palace Theatre, Grimsby 1979.
Milk deliveries by A. Bye of 8 Victor Street, Grimsby c1905.
Bond Cigar Co. Ltd., Alexandra Dock, Grimsby; a box for ‘Modjo Panatelas’ with seal c1935?.
Bull Ring, Grimsby 1970.
Grimsby souvenir tobacco pipe by Samuel McLardy of Manchester 1894-1920s.
Old Market Place, Grimsby by A. R. Watmough, stationer c1910.
George II silver pepper or spice caster with the Grimsby Coat of Arms 1758.
Grimsby Corporation bus JV 9900 heading along Cleethorpe Road in the direction of Park Street February 1956.
Hewitt Bros., Ltd., Grimsby malt sack 1946.
Hewitt Bros. Ltd., Grimsby; sacks of malt being unloaded at the brewery c1946.
Weelsby Road Halt Station 1933.
Grimsby Minster from the air June 2023.
Victoria Street, Grimsby c1913.
B. & E. Bee, baby linen, Bull Ring, Grimsby c1969.
An original mug by Doulton Burslem. One of the mugs presented by the Mayor, Councillor Jack Sutcliffe, to Grimsby schoolchildren in June 1897. This was not the only variant of the commemorative mug. The message reads: “In commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Victoria the beloved Queen of Great Britain Ireland & The Colonies Empress […]
A portrait in oil by the artist Byron Bauckham of Grimsby 1906.
Freeman Street from Freeman House c1993.
Freeman Street flats from Freeman House 1993.
People’s Park by S. J. Warren c1920s – colourised.
Unknown statue in People’s Park c1920s – colourised.
Albert Sutcliffe with Jim the chimpanzee at Beechfield Zoo, Grimsby c1930.
William Younger’s Tartan Keg ghost sign, Corporation Road c1970s.
Another view of Samson in People’s Park c1910.
The P.S. ‘Lincoln Castle’ moored by the Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby 2005.
Welholme Road, Grimsby by J.M.J. Postcards c1912.
The Riverhead, Grimsby and the steamer ‘Basalt’; a watercolour by Martin Bailey.
Nos. 16 to 7 Park Drive, Grimsby in c1920.
A military funeral procession at Grimsby (looking from Freeman Street Market) c1914.
Hainton Street (later Avenue) – Hainton Square – Freeman Street c1920.
Bargate, Grimsby c1904.
Grimsby road workers by J. S. Bullen 1927.
Bull Ring, Grimsby from the south side 1850.
An interesting structure within Freeman Street Market c1905.
Posters on the end wall of the Prince of Wales Theatre, Freeman Street c1910.
A heavy-duty, cardboard box made for shipping a large pork pie by train. The quality pork pies were made by Albert Heward Parker (1875-1957) and his wife Lizzie (1877-1977). The couple moved from Alford to live at 122 Victoria Street and then, in 1922, the family moved to ‘The Laurels’, Abbey Road, Grimsby.
An original photograph mounted on card. The photographer is unknown. Wallace Burton Smith was born in Leicester on 25th May 1875. In 1881 and 1891, he was living with his grandfather, George Burton, who was a clothier in Louth. His mother, Betsy Smith, was also living at the same address. She was a widow by […]
PS ‘Lincoln Castle’ returning to Grimsby’s Royal Dock after a pleasure cruise September 1975.
Philip Altman L.C.V., watchmaker & jeweller and dealer in violins and accessories, Cleethorpes c1912.
Charles France, fish and game dealer, 18 Victoria Street West c1902.
Guy and Smith, drapers and complete furnishing warehousemen, 19/21 Victoria Street Grimsby c1910.
The Lodge, Scartho Road by S. J. Warren c1925; colourised.
W. H. Purdon, tailor and outfitter, Hainton Street (Avenue), Grimsby by Edwin Noble c1905.
Victoria Street, Grimsby c1890.
Receipt from the Caledonia Tavern, Grimsby signed by Clayton Croft 1818.
Beechfield Zoo’s Sousie by S.J. Warren c1930.
A young mandrill at Beechfield Zoo, Grimsby c1930s.
An original, antique print taken from The Black and White: A Weekly Illustrated Record and Review was a British illustrated weekly periodical founded in 1891 by Charles Norris Williamson. In 1912 it was incorporated with The Sphere. During the Great Strike at Grimsby in 1901, steam trawlers were laid-up for 13 weeks. Food was sent […]
The opening of Corporation Bridge, Alexandra Dock, Grimsby by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales K.G. on 19th July 1928.
Coronation Day 1911; children outside “Park Villa” on Eleanor St. – Freeman St. corner.
Old signal box block instrument shelf plate “PASTURE STREET”.
L.A.S. County Show decorations, Grimsby 1904; looking through the mock gateway in Pasture Street.
Grimsby Harriers; start of the Senior Championship 1926.
Fishing smacks and the Dock Tower, Grimsby c1910.
Grimsby Town Football Club 1906-1907; two players and cup.
Fine, old buildings on Grimsby Docks c1905.
‘Gone Fishing’; Findus Frozen Foods promotional, 7″, vinyl single with letter 1972.
Gait Bayliss Rotary Ltd., Castle Press, Victoria Street, Grimsby brass sign c1970s.
An original, amateur photo of a lady in a smart coat. BEE 551 was registered in Grimsby between January 1949 and November 1950. Granville Tours (and the associated A & A E Blackbourn Ltd., haulage contractors) were based in Granville Street and at other sites in Grimsby and Cleethorpes. Granville Tours operated from c1920s until […]
Werge Bros, chemists, Grimsby and Cleethorpes; unused bottle labels c1930s.
Smith & Son, Victoria Street West, Grimsby; fancy tin for mixed pins c1910s/1920s (or earlier)
People’s Park refreshment room and fountain c1900.
The Queen’s Observatory in People’s Park c1900.
An aerial photograph taken in June 1976. The pond was once a stunning beauty spot and appears on many old postcards. Sadly, the large pond disappeared by the end of the 20th century. [Further information required.] Croxby Pond is named in the record books. In 1902, Otto Christop Joseph Gerhardt Ludwig Overbeck landed a carp […]
Thomas Lee, baker & confectioner, Bull Ring, Grimsby c1900.
The location of the Queen’s Observatory (1900-1949) in People’s Park, Grimsby 1979.
The Welholme Lawn Tennis Club Ltd., Grimsby; Registers of Members 1920s/1930s.
Grimsby Town F.C. Team 1887.
Violet Farebrother; an Edwardian costume design sketch c1910s.
Bingham’s Hotel, Grimsby (proprietor George Padgett)3D token c1875.
The Gates, People’s Park, Grimsby c1920.
James Duke Ltd.; old padlock.
John L. Green, wholesale fish merchant, curer and exporter; a large 1904 advertisement.
Bargate, Grimsby (Deansgate Bridge) c1904.
Hewitt’s Ales, Grimsby; Malcolm Arms, Anton’s Gowt, Near Boston c1949.
Royal Visit to Grimsby July 1912.
A detail from an original photograph by an unknown photographer/publisher. The crowds are outside the Great Central Co-operative Engineering and Ship Repairing Co., Ltd. which was located near the bridge to the West Marsh. Note the LNER poster advertising travel to Zeebrugge, Belgium from Grimsby. The poster above appears to be advertising ‘The Milkmaid’s Triumph’. […]
‘Market Chambers’, Grimsby c1905.
Battery for Overbeck’s Rejuvenator; only available from Grimsby 1934.
Medieval stone cross, Great Grimsby; vintage 1811 print.
‘The Dejeuner at Great Grimsby’ held prior to the opening of the Royal Dock in 1852
Corporation Bridge c1920 by Doncaster Rotophoto (detail).
Tram on Deansgate Bridge c1903.
Old toolbox from Goldthorpe & Shuttleworth, Grimsby c1900.
Exposed granite setts (cobbles) on Deansgate Bridge November 2024.
Exposed granite setts (cobbles) on Deansgate Bridge – photo 2 November 2024.
The Coronation of Edward VII in 1902; a ‘Coronation Festivities’ badge with the Borough of Grimsby Crest.
The Coronation of George V in 1911; a ‘Coronation Festivities’ badge with the Borough of Grimsby Crest.
The opening of Corporation Road Bridge, Grimsby by Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) in 1928 (Photo 1).
Grimsby’s new Post Office is opened by the Postmaster-General 1910.
Great Central Railway Co’s Hotels Dept., Grimsby; Guinness’s Extra Stout bottle 1897-1922.
Hainton Street (later Avenue) Primitive Methodist Church/Chapel semi-china plate c1900.
Parker & Spyvee Ltd., Dispensing Chemists; Methylated Spirit bottle c1950s
Parker & Spyvee, Dispensing Chemists, a Grimsby company, had four shops in the town from the 1930s until the 1960s. 23 Old Market Place 130 Victoria Street 70 Freeman Street 125 Pasture Street (after this label was printed) Thomas Albert Parker was a pharmacist and Rex Spyvee mainly took care of the photographic side of […]
Tadcaster Tower Brewery Co., St. Mary’s Corner, Grimsby; part of a broken flagon c1890.
Osmond & Sons Ltd. of Grimsby; “Saltona” Blood Salts tin c1930s.
Osmond & Sons Ltd. of Grimsby; “Saltona” Blood Salts tin – Photo 2 c1930s.
Coronation celebrations 1911; a mystery ‘Hewitt’s Grimsby Ales’ pub.
Woodthorpe & Haddock, Coach Builders, Victor Street, Grimsby c1890s.
‘Saweard of Grimsby’, bulb neck Codd bottle 1880s-1908.
The opening of Corporation Road Bridge, Grimsby by Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) in 1928 (Photo 2).
A near mint condition ‘Overbeck’s Rejuvenator’ from the mid-1930s.
Nederlandsche N.V. Handel-Maatschappij Osmond en Zoon (Osmond & Son), Rotterdam; a large packaging tin for “Saltona” Bloedzout (Blood Salt) 1920s/1930s – Photo 1.
Nederlandsche N.V. Handel-Maatschappij Osmond en Zoon (Osmond & Son), Rotterdam; a large packaging tin for “Saltona” Bloedzout (Blood Salt) 1920s/1930s – Photo 2.
Nederlandsche N.V. Handel-Maatschappij Osmond en Zoon (Osmond & Son), Rotterdam; a large packaging tin for “Saltona” Bloedzout (Blood Salt) 1920s/1930s – Photo 3.
Tyson, Hicks & Co., Grimsby; a medium size, 10oz Codd bottle c1890s.
This building no longer exists. The Wheatsheaf is now the other side of Bargate in what was Bank House and then Grimsby High School for Girls.
Buses in Bethlehem Street (Old Market Place) May 1970.
The ‘Flower Cottages’ on Waltham Road, Scartho c1914.
An unknown orchestra by Lowthian Bros., photographers, Grimsby c1905.
People’s Park Lodge and park gates; no houses in Welholme Road late 1880s.
A 1949 ‘Lloyd 650’ car made in Grimsby.
A WW2-era notebook; ingredients for lotions and potions made up by Gordon Lock (Grimsby) Ltd..
A ‘Grimsby Box’ by J. H. Dobson, 149 Freeman Street, Grimsby c1920+/-.
Granville Tours booking office, Brighowgate Bus Station, Grimsby 1952.
Victoria Street West by Doncaster Rotophoto c1920.
An original Flottergate street sign.
HMS Grimsby 1930s.
J. W. Saweard’s XL Stone Beer; made in Strand Street, Grimsby c1890s.
The opening of Corporation Bridge, Alexandra Dock, Grimsby by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales K.G. on 19th July 1928 (detail).
Victoria Street, Grimsby 1938.
A fine bowler hat supplied by Thomas Dutton, 90 Victoria Street, Grimsby c1905-1920 (possibly 1930s).
Union Jack Day, Grimsby 26th September 1914.
A seal at Grimsby Zoo c1930s.
County Show decorations, Grimsby 1904; looking down Pasture Street.
‘The Mite’; 1st edition of the miniature book produced in Grimsby by Ernest A. Robinson 1891.
An instruction book for the ‘Lloyd 650’ car made in Grimsby 1946-1950.
A bottle belonging to wine merchant John Henry Alcock of Grimsby c1894-1910s.
The key to Room 23 of the Ship Inn, Flottergate, Grimsby c1960s.
Grimsby Rural District Council coat of arms 1961-1974.
Alexandra Dock and Corporation Swing Bridge, Grimsby c1920.
When fishing was allowed in People’s Park 1990s.
Mr and Mrs H. Stubbs and dog and their car EE-362 Xmas 1912.
A money box once belonging to J. P. Flint M.P.S. of The Scarthoe Pharmacy c1933.
People’s Park; the refreshment pavilion and the WW1 tank ‘Edna’ c1920s.
Yarborough Hotel May 2022.
Cover (envelope) from Market Rasen addressed to Mr Gee, draper of Freeman Street, Grimsby 1877.
D. H. & A. H. Bloomer’s garage at Bradley Cross Roads, Grimsby c1947
BJV 737C (66) in the Old Market Place, Grimsby 1971.
Grimsby Telephone Exchange 1950.
J. H. Curry’s Prince of Wales Theatre poster 1927.
Children playing in Welholme Road (Legsby Avenue to Farebrother Street) c1905.
Six Grimsby and Cleethorpes cookbooks 1910-1920s.
G. Hewitt & Son of Grimsby, jewellers, silversmiths and opticians; push-button jewellery presentation box pre-WW2.
William Garthwaite, portrait and landscape photographer, Grimsby c1880.