Remembering Robinson Lane

December 15, 2013, 11:30 pm

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TODAY, if you travel by train between Grimsby Docks and New Clee stations you will witness the sad demise of Robinson Lane and the adjacent Humber Bank South, writes Jeff Beedham.This is where the Fish Docks' last blacksmith's workshop, with its four distinctive tall chimneys, awaits demolition.Arguably these roads were once at the epicentre of marine engineering excellence during Grimsby's fishing heyday.Glancing at the 1908 Ordnance Survey Map, only Humber Bank South had been developed by the...

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Happy local events and celebrations

December 15, 2013, 11:30 pm

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THIS selection of photographs was shown to us by Mr Barker, of Hume Mews, Grimsby. Our thanks to him.If you have old photographs that you would like to share with our readers, then we'd love to see them.You can send them to Bygones, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 3EH or e-mail them to bygones@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

Top of the class at Freshney Park

December 15, 2013, 11:30 pm

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SCHOOL photographs featured this week are from Freshney Park Infants'.If you're a former pupil, then maybe you'll be pictured, and if you can put names to any of the faces, then please let us know.The address is Bygones, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 3EH or you can e-mail bygones@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

Festive scenes from the past

December 15, 2013, 11:30 pm

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TIME now to have a look back at Christmas concerts and nativity plays from years gone by. Maybe you'll spot yourself.If you can put names to any of the faces, then please get in touch. The address is Bygones, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 3EH or you can e-mail bygones@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

The aroma of Christmas at Chambers

December 15, 2013, 11:30 pm

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THERE was once a time when shoppers in Grimsby's Top Town area enjoyed the strong smell of coffee which emanated from one of the best-known establishments in the Old Market Place.This was Chambers Stores and its Tudor Cafe and Restaurant.Chambers was one of those large old-fashioned grocery establishments where just about everything in the food and drink line could be purchased, and it also provided a cosy haven for busy shoppers with its Tudor-style cafe complete with a period gallery and a...

Were you being served at Waltham?

December 15, 2013, 11:30 pm

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AT YOUR SERVICE: This mid-1960s photograph shows Topliss & Son, grocers and general store, at the top of the High Street, Waltham. Do you remember it?

Pupils on parade named

December 16, 2013, 11:30 pm

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RECENTLY we published this photograph of South Parade School pupils and asked for more information.Dawn Croft (nee Sempers) has been in touch to put names to most of the faces for us, and so has Carol Wilson (nee Turner) and Dennis Carrington. Our thanks to them.Don't forget if you've got old school photographs then we'd love to see them.The address is Bygones, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 3EH or you can e-mail them to...

Scouting for Healing boys

December 17, 2013, 11:30 pm

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VILLAGE SCOUT GROUP: Margaret Osborne showed us this photograph of Healing Scouts, who were pictured in August 1973. They are, back row from left, David Treadgold, Martin Gillatt, Nigel White and Dean Edowe; second row, ?, Nigel Trend, Alan Nesbitt and Paul Smith; third row, John Gillatt, Paul Stringer, Ian Canfield, Richard Treadgold, Chris Broughton, Andy Lilley, Wayne Okopskj, Richard Carroll, Martin Forester, Andrew Spalding, Chris Smith, Alan Stringer, Steve Potter, Richard Francis, Steve...

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Summer sunshine

December 17, 2013, 11:30 pm

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SWINGING SIXTIES: Cleethorpes Pier and promenade in the mid-1960s. Note the young couple in the foreground wearing their leather jackets and just look at that line-up of old cars!

Do you recognise drivers?

December 18, 2013, 11:30 pm

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THESE photographs were shown to us by John Tuplin.John told us "The large photograph shows drivers who worked for British Road Services (BRS) and the picture was taken in the 1950s at a Good Drivers Awards ceremony."My dad, Syd Tuplin, is standing at the front, fourth from left, wearing a cap."I don't know who the other people in the photograph are, but they were all drivers."If you can identify anyone else on the picture, then please let us know.The address is Bygones,...

Sisters were shopkeepers

December 19, 2013, 11:30 pm

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MERVYN Pickett got in touch after we published a photograph of Ravendale Dairy shop, which used to stand on the corner of Freshney Street and Corporation Road, Grimsby.Mervyn also sent us another picture. He explained: "As a boy I lived in Ravenspurn Street, next door to the club which still stands to this day."Both my brother, Graham and myself worked as delivery lads from the shop, delivering on the old cycles with the carrier in the front."The owners of the shop were Mrs Shaw...

When the clowns invaded Grimsby - in 1984

December 21, 2013, 11:30 pm

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LOTS OF FUN: Grimsby and Cleethorpes Leo Club members (from left) Stephen Ball, Lyn Martin and Kathy Gallagher, pictured on the sea front in Cleethorpes in June 1984, had no trouble attracting the attention of passers-by as they helped to collect money during their Funday at Brighton Street Slipway to raise money for the psychiatric unit at Grimsby District General Hospital.

Toll Bar pupils make headlines

December 23, 2013, 11:30 pm

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IN 1983, the Grimsby Telegraph held a competition called Hold The Front Page to mark Local Newspaper Week, which caught the imagination of schools in the area. Children were asked to write and design their own front page – and they took up the challenge with relish. And one group of third year students from Waltham Toll Bar School were invited to give us their opinion of their local paper and how it could be improved to appeal to more youngsters.

Identity (South) Parade

December 23, 2013, 11:30 pm

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RECENTLY we published this photograph from South Parade School, Grimsby, and asked for more information.Dennis Carrington has been in touch to put names to some of the faces for us, and he also said the picture was taken around 1957.Mrs Stainforth got in touch to identify her cousin, Linda Stubbins, but she thinks the photograph was taken around 1950.If you have school photographs that you'd like to share with Bygones readers, then send them along to Bygones, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe...

Were you there in 1958?

December 26, 2013, 11:30 pm

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WERE YOU THERE?: All along the Royal route crowds lined up to greet the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh when they visited Grimsby on June 28, 1958. This was the scene in Weelsby Road.

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Just clowning around

December 27, 2013, 11:30 pm

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TWO Cleethorpes brothers whose dreams of a visit to the circus were shattered for the second year running in August 1984 were in for a big surprise.For while four-year-old Leigh and two-year-old Ashley Preston were moping in bed with chicken pox there was a knock on the door and suddenly their home was transformed into a circus big top.Gandey's Circus had heard of their plight and decided to send in the clowns.So Pepper and Ramon arrived at their house in Taylor Street, Cleethorpes, armed with...

Team players named

December 29, 2013, 11:30 pm

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GRAHAM Dunlop got in touch after we published this photograph of the BRSA football team in Bygones recently.Graham, who named all the players, including himself, said: "The picture was taken at the BRSA ground in Immingham around 1988, before a War Memorial Cup semi-final replay against MITS. The result was a 1-1 draw."Mrs Maddison also called on behalf of her husband, Mervyn, who also supplied the names for us. Our thanks to them.

Darts players hit the bullseye

December 29, 2013, 11:30 pm

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WE'VE hit the bullseye this week with local darts the subject of our sports pages. If you've played darts over the years then maybe you'll be featured here.And if you can put names to the faces of anyone pictured then please let us know. The address is Bygones, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 3EH or you can e-mail bygones@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

Past pubs of the 1960s and 70s

December 29, 2013, 11:30 pm

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WITH so many pubs closing down each week, I am reminded of Grimsby during the 1960s and early 1970s, writes Jeff Beedham.Boosted by the fishing industry (every day was a payday for both British and Icelandic fishermen who had docked that day) most 'Top Town' and Freeman Street pubs were packed most nights of the week.The strictly enforced weekday opening hours for most Top Town pubs were 11am to 3pm and 6pm to 10.30pm.On a Sunday they opened at midday, closed at 2pm, then reopened again at 7pm...

Lifebelt is a reminder of trawler's fate off Hoy

December 29, 2013, 11:30 pm

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Dave Ornsby, education assistant at the Fishing Heritage Centre, tells the story of how a lifebelt from the Grimsby trawler Leicester City came to be housed in Grimsby' s Fishing Heritage Centre.EIGHTY years ago, as of this very moment, a mammoth task was underway.Expansion of one of the largest fishing ports the world had ever seen created a new dock with a total of 66 acres.A huge new quay, 2,000 feet in length, was built to keep out the waters of the River Humber using around 250,000 cubic...