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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 picture for a larger image (Alphabetical listing).
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Old Market Place circa 1920
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Cleethorpe Rd, Grimsby
A used postcard dated 19 Sep 1906
Cleethorpes Rd, Grimsby (looking towards Riby Square)
A used postcard franked 27 Jun but year unreadable, probably circa 1925
Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby (looking towards Cleethorpes)
A used postcard dated 19 Aug 1927
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
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
Freeman St Market
An unused postcard probably from around the mid 1920s
Freeman St Market
The open market now having been covered over
An unused postcard probably from the 1960s
Freeman St, Grimsby looking towards the Docks
An unused postcard probably around 1972
Old Market Place, Grimsby
Looking from opposite the Church
An unused postcard from around 1903
The Old Market Place, Grimsby
Very similar view to above card
An unused postcard from the 1920s
View of the Old Market Place, Grimsby
Looking towards St James Church
An unused postcard from around 1920
Old Market Place, Grimsby
An unused postcard dating from the early 1950s
Virtually the same scene as the 1920s card above
Old Market Place
An unused postcard probably from the 1950s
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
Riby Square Grimsby looking from Cleethorpe Rd
A used postcard with the postmark unreadable but probably early 1960s
Riby Square Grimsby looking from Cleethorpe Rd
A unused postcard probably mid 1960s
A colour version of the one above but taken slightly later
Victoria St, Grimsby
Looking down towards the River Head
A used postcard but unstamped and undated probably from around 1905
Victoria St, Grimsby
Looking up from the River Head end
A used postcard dated 25 Nov 1921
Victoria St, Grimsby
Looking towards the River Head
A unused postcard probably 1920s
Victoria St, Grimsby
Again looking towards the River Head
A used postcard dated 21 Aug 1928
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.
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
New
Aug 2008
Cleethorpe Rd, Grimsby (looking towards Cleethorpes) with a tram in Riby Square
A used postcard dated 19 Sep 1906 t
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| Grimsby - Part 1 |
Docks, People's Park, Churches, and Schools |
Grimsby - Part 2
(this page) |
Roads, Streets etc |
| Grimsby - Part 3 |
Buildings, Structures and multi-scene views |
| Cleethorpes - Part 1 |
Sea, Beach and Promenade areas |
| Cleethorpes - Part 2 |
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