Bygones: Grimsby's docks once faced Sutton challenge

March 5, 2015, 10:30 pm

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EVER since Grimsby came into prominence as a fishing port it has had to meet strong competition from other ports.The rivalry of Hull and Aberdeen for supremacy is well-known, but did you know that Grimsby was once threatened with the establishment of an entirely new fishing port on the Lincolnshire coast, not many miles from the Humber mouth?Sutton-on-Sea was to have been the site off this ambitious scheme, which would have set up a rival fishing centre almost on Grimsby's doorstep.The...

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Bygones: Happy memories of trip

March 6, 2015, 10:30 pm

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JOHN Best e-mailed us after seeing this photograph in Bygones recently.It showed members of Grimsby and Cleethorpes Boys' Brigade companies, who were about to leave town on a Duke Of Edinburgh Award training weekend.John supplied some of the names of the boys, including his own, and added: "I well remember the day of this photograph, which was taken outside 5th Grimsby Company's church."I had my hat of badges for many years, which was a record of the many camps (4th Cleethorpes...

Bygone air views of the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area - Part 2

March 2, 2015, 10:01 am

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Bygones: Roaring success at school

March 3, 2015, 10:30 pm

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HAVELOCK School was top of the class when it came to extra school activities in December 1993.Pupils and teachers were awarded a Certificate of Recognition by the Government body Education Extra for "enrichment of the education experience of young people".Projects ranged from sports and discussion groups to organising pensioners' parties.One of the projects completed by Year 10 pupils Kerry Wilson, Emma-J Smith, Sarah McMahon, Yimen Lee and Hayley Walker was a dinosaur trail of...

GRIMSBY BYGONES: From the air

March 8, 2015, 11:30 pm

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WE'RE flying high over the Willows Estate, Grimsby, this week with this air view from 1989. Cromwell Road can be seen in the centre, running past Grimsby Leisure Centre. At the bottom of the picture is a portion of Great Coates, and above it is Whitgift School.

GRIMSBY BYGONES: Street scene

March 8, 2015, 11:30 pm

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DOWN TOWN: Victoria Street, Grimsby, looking towards the Riverhead, in the mid-1960s. Brewery Street is on the left.

GRIMSBY BYGONES: Farmer found Saxon hoard in marsh village

March 8, 2015, 11:30 pm

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This article, which was published in the Grimsby Telegraph in 1955, delves into the history of Tetney. THE suburbs have not yet reached Tetney, where the real marshland begins along the coastal road out of Cleethorpes.Despite the new council houses circling round the north of the village, it continues to preserve its age-old rural character.The narrow roads wind into Tetney past the village green, in summer the meeting place of the children, in winter deserted as the chill wind blows in from...

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March 8, 2015, 11:30 pm

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Here Jeff Beedham tells us of the final years of JS Doigs shipyard (1950-1970s). THE busy Union Dock shipyard of John Salmond Doig was purchased from Charlton And Doughty in the early 1900s.It stood on the west side of the Royal Dock with vessels being launched into "Danes" or "Charltons" Creek.This was a muddy inlet leading to the old Haven Dock which had to be continually dredged of accumulating sand and silt.The yard prospered with major ship repairs and...

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GRIMSBY BYGONES: On the road with lorry photographs

March 8, 2015, 11:30 pm

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THIS selection of lorry photographs was shown to us by local haulage enthusiast Ray Newcomb, of Yarrow Road, Grimsby. Our thanks to him.If you have old photographs showing vehicles belonging to local companies, then we'd love to see them. You can e-mail them to bygones@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk or send them to Bygones, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 3EH.

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March 8, 2015, 11:30 pm

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IVAN was not terrible ... just lonely. So he set out from his Grafton Street, Grimsby, home looking for company in January 1962.Up Grafton Street to Cleethorpe Road he went and on to Cleethorpe Road. There, Ivan found company.Unfortunately, he was not a good traveller. He became ill, and looked obviously unhappy.He weighed six-and-a-half stone, and an unhappy Ivan standing on the top deck of the bus caused consternation to other passengers.In any case, standing upstairs was not allowed –...

GRIMSBY BYGONES: Grandfather helped to build bridge

March 8, 2015, 11:30 pm

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LINDA Masterton e-mailed us after we published this photograph showing the men who built Grimsby's Corporation Road bridge.Linda, who lives in Great Coates, said: "I am quite certain the man first left in the back row is my grandfather, George Ashworth."He was born on January 1, 1886 in Yorkshire and came to Grimsby to help build the bridge, during which time he met my maternal grandmother and stayed until his death at the age of 94."Bygones note: The Prince Of Wales (later...

Telling tales at Grange Juniors: Grimsby Bygones Extra today

March 8, 2015, 11:31 pm

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A PROFESSIONAL storyteller was in town telling tales to children in 1995 and in February he was at Grange Junior School in Grimsby.A colourful Mr Graham Langley, dressed in mauve, red and yellow, with purple boots, was in a den made of sheets, poles and blankets, and surrounded by children.He was visiting many schools as part of the Humberside reading initiative, which was in its second year.The youngsters at Grange were very enthusiastic.Rachel Thomas, 10, said he was very funny. "He tells...

Past pupils of The Lindsey School, Cleethorpes - pictures

March 4, 2015, 9:23 am

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March 9, 2015, 9:00 pm

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UNITED: This picture was sent in by Josephine Dennehy (was Craw) and shows a support group for the parents of the soldiers of the Kuwait war in 1988. Front row, third from right, is Josephine Dennehy (was Craw). If you can name anyone else on the photograph, then please get in touch by writing to Bygones, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 3EH or you can e-mail bygones@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

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March 10, 2015, 11:33 pm

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NEW concrete flats and houses on Grimsby's Grange Estate were proving controversial back in 1954 – with a number of local councillors describing them as "a disgrace," "roughly built" and "disgusting".However, when a Grimsby Telegraph reporter visited the three-storey flats in October that year he discovered a largely different story. You can read all about it in the March edition of Bygones magazine, which is out now.You can also read about a brave Grimsby...

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GRIMSBY BYGONES: Arrival of the diesel railcar

March 11, 2015, 8:30 pm

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THE first of the new 65mph diesel rail cars, which were due to come into service in 1955, made its run from Lincoln to Cleethorpes at the beginning of February that year.Driven by a district inspector of British Railways, Mr GT Emerson, the unit was being used for training purposes, and was to make daily trips with "learner diesel men" at the controls."It is a different technique from the steam locomotive," Mr Emerson told a reporter from the Grimsby Telegraph.Thirteen of the...

GRIMSBY BYGONES: They've had their chips

March 11, 2015, 11:30 pm

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YOUNGSTERS at a Grimsby school all chipped in for their class project in December 1992.Bradley Park Infants in Pinewood Crescent spent time at their local chip shop as part of their food project. They watched owner, Derek Taylor, whose shop was in nearby Beechwood Crescent, to see how he prepared and cooked the food. As a thank you for helping with their project the youngsters invited Mr Taylor to "sample" some of their creations at a pretend fish shop they set up in the school.

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March 11, 2015, 11:30 pm

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NEW concrete flats and houses on Grimsby's Grange Estate were proving controversial back in 1954 – with a number of local councillors describing them as "a disgrace," "roughly built" and "disgusting".However, when a Grimsby Telegraph reporter visited the three-storey flats in October that year he discovered a largely different story. You can read all about it in the March edition of Bygones magazine, which is out now.You can also read about a brave Grimsby...

GRIMSBY BYGONES: Creating drama at Havelock

March 12, 2015, 11:30 pm

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LISTENING INTENTLY: John Butterfly of the Royal Exchange Theatre Company, helping students during a drama workshop at Havelock School, Grimsby, in May 1992. They are, from left, Zoe Covell, Debbie Macartney, Jill Powley, Joanne O'Conner, Janine Dale and Katie McCavitt.

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March 12, 2015, 11:30 pm

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THIS photograph was sent in by Pete Milsom, and he's hoping that Bygones readers can tell us more about it.It shows members of Grimsby's West End Bowls Club at their base in Manor Avenue.Pete said: "I am researching the date of the photograph and the names of the people on it, for the club and the town."If you can identify any of the players, or tell us when the picture was taken, then please e-mail pete.milsom@ntlworld.com or you can call him on 01472 313651.