GrimsbyAndCleethorpesMuseum

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Now featuring over 1,000 original images and 'exhibits'. All provided by the owners. No copies of copies!

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[Carla Linford @CarlaLinford]

On 26th Oct, @mjc_associates will be giving the first of (hopefully) many public history talks to be held at St. Helen’s Church in Barnoldby le Beck. Early booking advised! https://t.co/qp89GqvzSx

[Carla Linford @CarlaLinford]

@iwaites60 @seagull_swamp @Grimsbycleeciv @GreatGIFT1 @CreateNEL @GyAndCleeMuseum @ace_national @HeritageLincs Richard’s images are really something special, some memories from residents are included too. Quite moving!

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Pictured here is Willemien Rieken. She was only 9 years old when she first began laying flowers on the grave of William Edmond, a British soldier who fought and died to liberate her Dutch Village.

From the day he died, and for 75 years, she looked after his grave and kept his memory alive. During WWII, William served with the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron and took part in the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands.

Sadly, on September 17, 1944, he was shot in the back by a German sniper and fell to the ground. One of his comrades, Sgt David Christie, rushed to his aid, but nothing could be done to save William.

Seconds before dying, he said to David: "Tell my wife I love her." This British soldier was then buried at the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.

Willemien Rieken passed away in 2020. She was one of the last surviving Flower Children, young people who laid flowers at hundreds of graves of Allied casualties in a ceremony after the end of the war.

Niall Cherry, secretary of the Arnhem 1944 Fellowship, said: "She was one of the last surviving Dutch civilian links to the Battle of Arnhem. Willemien was a lovely lady who tended to the grave of Trooper Edmund for many years. She will be sadly missed."

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Looking good at night too!

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The start of the new mural at Cleethorpes.

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@GyHistoryClub @Ghostfozzie Yes. It was later converted into Woolworths.

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@Ghostfozzie @GyHistoryClub Marks & Spencer to the Zion Baptist Church, including Barclays Bank and the Corporation Hotel.

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See 'The Albert Gait Collection' here. A growing collection of wonderful Edwardian era photos from the Gait family's archive. As you may already know, the Gait family name was synonymous with printing in Grimsby for over 150 years!
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[Ian Marshman @MarshmanIJ]

🚨🚨🚨Lectern stollen from Grade I Listed St Swithin’s Church in Baumber, Lincolnshire. Please share so people recognise it. Incredibly sad as they are still suffering following a lead theft @HeritageCrime @LincsRuralCrime @SocLincsHist @CofELincoln @ChurchesFest @NatChurchTrust

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What does everyone think?🤔

Better with or without?!

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Cheapside, Waltham.
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The River Freshney.

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The Pier c1938. Happy 150th birthday Cleethorpes Pier! ♥️
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Corporation Road, West Marsh, Grimsby (Nos. 23-49+) June 1970. (An original slide scanned by ourselves.)
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A portrait by Greenwood of Grimsby c1910.
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A gull's eye view of 'Ross Tiger'.
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