Cleethorpes, The Beach 1906
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Photo of Cleethorpes, The Beach 1906

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Here we have a wonderfully evocative sign of the times: a beach scene in high summer and not a glimpse of bare ?esh. Cleethorpes liked its helter-skelters, as it had another on the beach. It survived two World Wars, but not the great ?oods of 1953. The entire seashore amusements were washed away in one night.

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A Selection of Memories from Cleethorpes

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Cleethorpes

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As a child I lived at 63 St. Peter’s Avenue which was the only house on that block next shop being blessed dry cleaning the opticians and then the church all of which were demolished and boots chemist and the car park occupy this space now I also remember the fruit and veg shop dysons butchers Nancy youngs hairdressers Mitchell cake shop and Kay’s stork house to name but a few But have no pictures of these places but I ...see more
My mum used t visit Cleethorpes zoo as a growing child n went wen she was pregnant with me and found she like the name x
i now live in Canada but remember my grandfathers hotel. It was called The George Inn. His name was Bill George. If anyone has any info regarding my grandfather, Or his Hotel and what happened to it, I would love to hear any stories or information. Thanks, Dawn Gresl.
I recal that in the 1950's the Winter Gardens (the white building in the left of shot) was the place to hold dinner/dances. Elliston St, all boys, and Reynold St, all girls, schools held joint dances there for the senior years and the leavers which occasionally I attended as a 10-11 year old. I also went to the company dinner/dance when I worked for the Grimsby Evening Telegraph (as it was then) in 1958/9. This ...see more