Kath - Postcards From the Past

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Kath - Postcards from the Past Grimsby - Part 2

Here are my postcards of Grimsby, Lincolnshire covering the Roads and Streets etc with some comments about the scenes. Some images were in use over many years so dating the scene can be difficult.

Click on the link for a larger image (Alphabetical listing).

Grimsby Old Market Place 1920s

Larger Picture		Bargate, Grimsby An unused postcard probably from around the early 1900s Traffic somewhat less than today.
Larger Picture		Bargate, Grimsby A used postcard dated 17 Sep 1907
Larger Picture		Bargate, Grimsby A used postcard dated 3 Jul 1909 Showing Deansgate Bridge over the railway with St James Church in the backgroiund
Larger Picture		Bargate, Grimsby A used postcard dated 10 Dec 1909. This may be the same direction as the card above.

Larger Picture		Cleethorpe Rd, Grimsby A used postcard dated 19 Sep 1906
Larger Picture		Cleethorpe Rd, Grimsby (looking towards Cleethorpes) with a tram in Riby Square A used postcard dated 30 Jul 1909
Larger Picture		Cleethorpes Rd, Grimsby (looking towards Riby Square) A used postcard franked 27 Jun but year unreadable, probably circa 1925
Larger Picture		Cleethorpes Rd, Grimsby (looking towards Cleethorpes) An unused postcard probably taken at the same time as the one above circa 1925 but both could be slightly earlier
Larger Picture		Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby (looking towards Cleethorpes) A used postcard dated 19 Aug 1927

Larger Picture		Freeman St, Grimsby showing the corner with Newmarket St (a street that our family lived in during the 1950s) An unused postcard from around 1910
Larger Picture		Another view of Freeman St, a little further back from the view above, this time showing the Prince of Wales Theatre on the right. An unused Postcard from around 1910
Larger Picture		Freeman St Market, Grimsby An unused postcard probably from around the mid 1920s
Larger Picture		Freeman St Market Grimsby The open market now having been covered over An unused postcard probably from the 1960s
Larger Picture		Freeman St, Grimsby looking towards the Docks An unused postcard probably early 1970s
Larger Picture		Freeman St, Grimsby looking towards the Docks An unused postcard probably early 1970s Taken further backthan the one above from Hainton Square

Larger Picture		Grosvenor Crescent, Grimsby with St James Church in the background A fine row of houses still standing today An unused postcard from around 1910

Larger Picture		Hainton Ave, Grimsby An unused postcard maybe around 1905 The church is the Welhome Congregational, still standing today but no longer used as a church

Larger Picture		New Jan 2012 Nuns Corner, Grimsby An unused postcard from the mid 1960's.

Larger Picture		Old Market Place, Grimsby Looking from opposite the Church An unused postcard from around 1903
Larger Picture		Old Market Place, Grimsby A nice view of trams, a horse drawn cab and a private coach? A used postcard dated 28 May 1905
Larger Picture		The Old Market Place, Grimsby Very similar view to the 1903 card above An unused postcard from the 1920s
Larger Picture		The Old Market Place, Grimsby This shows a much busier Market An unused postcard from the 1920s
Larger Picture		Old Market Place, Grimsby Looking towards St James Church An unused postcard from around 1920
Larger Picture		Another view of the Old Market Place, Grimsby An unused postcard dating from the early 1950s Similiar to one above but with market stalls
Larger Picture		Old Market Place An unused postcard probably from the 1950s
Larger Picture		The Old Market Place, Grimsby An unused Postcard from the 1960s Looking somewhat different to the 1920s and 1950s versions with all the character removed
Larger Picture		The Old Market Place, Grimsby Another unused Postcard from the 1960s A slightly later version of the card above

Larger Picture		Riby Square Grimsby looking from Cleethorpe Rd A used postcard with the postmark unreadable but probably early 1960s
Larger Picture		Riby Square Grimsby looking from Cleethorpe Rd A unused postcard probably mid 1960s A colour version of the one above but taken slightly later

Larger Picture		Scartho Rd Grimsby A used postcard dated 21 Aug 1912

Larger Picture		Victoria St, Grimsby Looking down from the River Head A used postcard but unstamped and undated probably from around 1905
Larger Picture		Victoria St, Grimsby Looking down towards the river Head An unused postcard again probably from around 1905.
Larger Picture		Victoria St, Grimsby Looking up from the River Head A used postcard dated 25 Nov 1921
Larger Picture		Victoria St, Grimsby Looking towards the River Head A unused postcard probably 1920s
Larger Picture		Victoria St, Grimsby Again looking towards the River Head A used postcard dated 21 Aug 1928

Larger Picture		Weelsby Road, Grimsby A used postcard dated 26 Aug 1910 The present scene is so built up with a wide modern road that it is difficult to imagine it ever looked like this

Larger Picture		Welholme Rd, Grimsby An unused postcard from around 1905 The top floor of this fine, turreted building was for a few years home to one of the Tappin brothers

Click on the Links for more of my pages
Grimsby - Part 1	Docks
Grimsby - Part 2 (this page)	Roads, Streets etc
Grimsby - Part 3	People's Park, Churches, and Schools
Grimsby - Part 4	Other Buildings, Structures and multi-scene views
Cleethorpes - Part 1	Beach and Promenade areas
Cleethorpes - Part 2	All other areas and multi-scene views
Lincoln	All areas
Mablethorpe, Skegness and Sutton-on-Sea	Seaside Resorts other than Cleethorpes
Outlying Areas - A to K	Alford, Barton-on-Humber, Binbrook, Boston, Brigg, Brigsley, Caistor, Candlesby, Crowland, east Stockwith, Gainsborough, Grantham, Harpswell, Healing, Horncastle, Immingham and Keelby
Outlying Areas - L to Y	Laceby, Little Coates, Louth, Markby, Market Rasen, Nettleton, Ravendale, Skirbeck, Sleaford, Somersby, Spalding, Stamford, Tattershall, Tealby, Tetney Lock, Thornton Curtis and Waltham

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