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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).
 
Clleethorpe Rd dated 1906
Cleethorpe Rd dated 1909
Cleethorpe Rd circa 1925
Cleethorpe Rd dated 1927
Cleethorpe Rd circa 1925
Old Market Place circa 1920

Old Market Place circa 1920

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
Freeman St circa 1910
Freeman St circa 1910
Freeman St Market circa 1920s
Freeman St Market circa 1960s
Freeman St  circa 1972
Old Market Place circa 1903
Old Market Place circa 1920s
Old Market Place circa 1920
Old Market Place circa 1950s
Old Market Place circa 1950s
Old Market Place circa 1960s
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 early 1950s
Riby Square mid 1960s
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 circa 1905
Victoria St dated 1921
Victoria St circa 1920s
Victoria St dated 1928
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 circa 1905
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
Click on the Links for more of my pages
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 All other areas and multi-scene views
Lincoln All Areas
Mablethorpe, Skegness and Sutton-on-Sea Seaside Resorts, all areas
Outlying Ares - A to K Alford, Barton-on-Humber, Binbrook, Boston, Brigg, Caistor, Candlesby, Crowland, Grantham, Harpswell, Horncastle, Immingham and Keelby
Outlying Ares - L to Y Laceby, Louth, Markby, Nettleton, Ravendale, Skirbeck, Sleaford, Somersby, Spalding, Stamford, Tattershall and Thornton Curtis
  
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