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Kath - Postcards from the Past Grimsby - Part 2
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).
Click on the link for a larger image (Alphabetical listing).
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Bargate, Grimsby An unused postcard probably from around the early 1900s Traffic somewhat less than today. |
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Bargate, Grimsby A used postcard dated 17 Sep 1907 |
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Bargate, Grimsby A used postcard dated 3 Jul 1909 Showing Deansgate Bridge over the railway with St James Church in the backgroiund |
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Bargate, Grimsby A used postcard dated 10 Dec 1909. This may be the same direction towards the town centre as the card above. |
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New Jan 2013 Bargate, Grimsby A used postcard dated 13 Apr 1912 There appears to be open ground beyond the hedges so the road may be going out of town. |
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The Bull Ring, Grimsby (East Side) An unused modern postcard produced by the former South Humberside Libraries using an image dating from 1860 |
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New Feb 2013 Cloeethorpe Rd, Grimsby A used postcard dated 3 Aug 1906 The building on the right is the Royal Hotel, another building sadly no longer standing having been demolished in 1966 to make way for a road flyover over the railway lines to the docks and Cleethorpes |
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Cleethorpe Rd, Grimsby A used postcard dated 19 Sep 1906 |
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Cleethorpe Rd, Grimsby A used postcard dated 30 Jul 1909 Looking towards Cleethorpes with a tram at Riby Square |
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Cleethorpe Rd, Grimsby A used postcard franked 27 Jun but year unreadable, probably circa 1909 Looking towards Riby Square |
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Cleethorpes Rd, Grimsby An unused postcard probably taken at the same time as the one above circa 1909 Looking towards Cleethorpes from Riby Square |
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Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby A used postcard dated 19 Aug 1927 Looking from Riby Square towards Cleethorpes |
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Freeman St, Grimsby An unused postcard from around 1910 Showing the corner with Newmarket St (a street that our family lived in during the 1950s) |
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Freeman St, Grimsby An unused postcard from around 1910 Another view of Freeman St, a little further back from the view above, this time showing the Prince of Wales Theatre on the right. |
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Freeman St Market, Grimsby An unused postcard probably from around the mid 1920s |
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New Jan 2013 Freeman St, Grimsby An unused postcard probably again from around the mid 1920s Looking towards the Dock Tower just visible in the far distance. The now demolished St Andrew's Church is on the right. |
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Freeman St Market Grimsby The open market now having been covered over An unused postcard probably from the 1960s |
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Freeman St, Grimsby An unused postcard probably dating from the mid 1960s Looking towards the Docks |
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Freeman St, Grimsby An unused postcard probably early 1970s Again looking towards the Docks |
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Freeman St, Grimsby An unused postcard probably early 1970s Looking towards the Docks from Hainton Square but taken further back than the one above |
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Grosvenor Crescent, Grimsby An unused postcard from around 1910 A fine row of houses still standing today with St James Church in the background |
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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 |
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Nuns Corner, Grimsby An unused postcard from the mid 1960's. |
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Old Market Place, Grimsby An unused postcard from around 1903 Looking from opposite the Church |
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Old Market Place, Grimsby A used postcard dated 28 May 1905 A nice view of trams, a horse drawn cab and a private coach? |
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The Old Market Place, Grimsby An unused postcard from the 1920s Very similar view to the 1903 card above |
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The Old Market Place, Grimsby An unused postcard from the 1920s This shows a much busier Market |
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Old Market Place, Grimsby An unused postcard from around 1920 Looking towards St James Church |
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Old Market Place, Grimsby An unused postcard dating from the early 1950s Similiar view to the 1920s card above but with market stalls |
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Old Market Place, Grimsby An unused postcard probably from the 1950s |
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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 |
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Old Market Place, Grimsby Another unused postcard from the 1960s A slightly later version of the card above |
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Riby Square Grimsby A used postcard with the postmark unreadable but probably early 1960s Looking from Cleethorpe Rd |
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Riby Square Grimsby A unused postcard probably mid 1960s A colour version of the one above but taken slightly later looking from Cleethorpe Rd. All these buildings with the exception of the one on the right edge were demolished in the 1960s when a new road was built over the railway (new road was opened in 1968). |
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Scartho Rd Grimsby A used postcard dated 21 Aug 1912 |
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Victoria St, Grimsby A used postcard but unstamped and undated probably from around 1905 Looking down from the Riverhead |
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Victoria St, Grimsby An unused postcard again probably from around 1905. Looking down towards the Riverhead |
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New Aug 2012 Victoria St, Grimsby A used postcard dated 7 Sep 1916 Looking up from the Riverhead (on the right) |
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Victoria St, Grimsby A used postcard dated 25 Nov 1921 Looking up from the Riverhead |
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Victoria St, Grimsby A unused postcard probably 1920s Looking towards the Riverhead |
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Victoria St, Grimsby A used postcard dated 21 Aug 1928 Again looking towards the Riverhead |
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Victoria St Grimsby An unused postcard dating from the early 1960s. Looking down towards the Riverhead with the now demolished Black Swan (Mucky Duck) public house on the left. The pub was one of the many buildings that had to make way for the new shopping precinct. |
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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 |
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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, Bradley, 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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