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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 picture for a larger image (Alphabetical listing).
Click on the picture 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 3 Jul 1909 Showing Deansgate Bridge over the railway with St James Church in the backgroiund |
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New May 2010 |
Bargate, Grimsby A used postcard dated 10 Dec 1909. This may be the same direction as the card above. |
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Cleethorpe Rd, Grimsby A used postcard dated 19 Sep 1906 |
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Cleethorpe Rd, Grimsby (looking towards Cleethorpes) with a tram in Riby Square A used postcard dated 19 Sep 1906 |
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Cleethorpes Rd, Grimsby (looking towards Riby Square) A used postcard franked 27 Jun but year unreadable, probably circa 1925 |
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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 |
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Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby (looking towards Cleethorpes) A used postcard dated 19 Aug 1927 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Freeman St Market An unused postcard probably from around the mid 1920s |
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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 looking towards the Docks An unused postcard probably around 1972 |
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Grosvenor Crescent with St James Church in the background A fine row of houses still standing today An unused postcard from around 1910 |
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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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Old Market Place, Grimsby Looking from opposite the Church An unused postcard from around 1903 |
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Old Market Place, Grimsby A nice view of trams, a horse drawn cab and a private coach? A used postcard dated 28 May 1905 |
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The Old Market Place, Grimsby Very similar view to the 1903 card above An unused postcard from the 1920s |
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New Apr 2010 |
The Old Market Place, Grimsby This shows a much busier Market An unused postcard from the 1920s |
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Old Market Place, Grimsby Looking towards St James Church An unused postcard from around 1920 |
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Another view of the Old Market Place, Grimsby An unused postcard dating from the early 1950s Similiar to one above but with market stalls |
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Old Market Place 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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Riby Square Grimsby looking from Cleethorpe Rd A used postcard with the postmark unreadable but probably early 1960s |
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Riby Square Grimsby looking from Cleethorpe Rd A unused postcard probably mid 1960s A colour version of the one above but taken slightly later |
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Scartho Rd Grimsby A used postcard dated 21 Aug 1912 |
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Victoria St, Grimsby Looking down from the River Head A used postcard but unstamped and undated probably from around 1905 |
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New May 2010 |
Victoria St, Grimsby Looking down towards the river Head An unused postcard again probably from around 1905. |
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Victoria St, Grimsby Looking up from the River Head A used postcard dated 25 Nov 1921 |
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Victoria St, Grimsby Looking towards the River Head A unused postcard probably 1920s |
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Victoria St, Grimsby Again looking towards the River Head A used postcard dated 21 Aug 1928 |
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New May 2010 |
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 |
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| 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, Caistor, Candlesby, Crowland, Gainsborough, Grantham, Harpswell, Horncastle, Immingham and Keelby | ||
| Outlying Areas - L to Y | Laceby, Little Coates, Louth, Markby, Market Rasen, Nettleton, Ravendale, Skirbeck, Sleaford, Somersby, Spalding, Stamford, Tattershall, Thornton Curtis and Waltham | ||
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