Recently added articles from Grimsby Telegraph:
Faces from the fifties
Sep 02, 2008 ... After we published a photograph showing pupils of St John'sSchool, Grimsby, from the late 1950s, John Roberts got in touch toput names to most of the faces, adding: "I wish to apologise for anymisspelt names." Thanks also to Sandra Wilkins (nee Wright), ofSanctuary Way, Grimsby, who also ...
In the team...
Sep 02, 2008 ... This girl was part of a local school netball team almost 60 yearsago. See the ...
Group aims to get young minds ticking
Sep 02, 2008; Simon Faulkner ... The life and works of John Harrison, the influential 18th centuryclock-maker, are to be promoted by a new group. The John Harrison Foundation held it's first meeting on Wednesdayat the St James' Centre in Grimsby. It aims to inspire young people by promoting the teaching of ...
Home improvements worth pounds15,000 up for grabs
Sep 02, 2008; Sharon Baker ... Is the credit crunch getting you down? Does your bank statement carry a health warning? Perhaps you've started counting the pennies you find in thebottom of the sofa. Wouldn't an extra pounds1,000 in your pocket be nice? How aboutpounds1,500? Or even ...
Jailed for 'serious and nasty' thefts
Sep 02, 2008; Mark Naylor ... Menacing robber Scott Merritt has been jailed after raiding ashop and an off-licence. He demanded cash after threatening staff with either a large rockor a half-brick, a court heard. Merritt (21), of Wellington Street, Grimsby, admitted two robberyoffences, theft and ...
They need your help! ; Help out your local charities.
Sep 02, 2008; Andy Edgeworth ... Help out your local charities. That is the message from North East Lincolnshire councillor SteveBeasant. The East Marsh representative was helping out at Community Chest,on Freeman Street. Coun Beasant plans to do as much volunteering as possible duringhis time as a ...
Confidence is the key to success for young people
Sep 02, 2008; Laura Stuart-Cook ... A Waltham woman is founding a performing arts academy inCleethorpes. Anna Mason - who left school without a single GCSE and is nowdetermined to become a fully qualified doctor of education - hopesto help youngsters build confidence through drama. Masons Academy of ...
Your courage far surpasses our athletes! ; All praise to the Grimsby Telegraph for its constant unstinted support of our marvellous troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and the understanding manner in which it honours the fallen. Thank you.
Sep 02, 2008 ... All praise to the Grimsby Telegraph for its constant unstintedsupport of our marvellous troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and theunderstanding manner in which it honours the fallen. Thank you. No praise, alas, for the wavering, bumbling politicians who helpcreate the mess the fighting ...
Pavement plight ; So cyclists are being banned and fined in the Victoria Street area.
Sep 02, 2008 ... So cyclists are being banned and fined in the Victoria Streetarea. Not before time, but I thought pavements also were pedestrianzones. Silly me. Of course they are cycle tracks, parking for cars, lorries, vansand ...
Job ads fall short ; I Am told that in dating adverts there are recognised abbreviations.
Sep 02, 2008 ... I Am told that in dating adverts there are recognisedabbreviations. I wish that a similar situation would apply to advertised jobvacancies. For I've lost count of the number of times I've sent for detailsof a particular position, only to find that the employer requiresone ...
Honour brave fishermen and keep statue clean ; It is always touching to see floral tributes laid at the Fishermen's Memorial, in St James' Square, Grimsby, in honour of the brave men who went to sea and never returned.
Sep 02, 2008 ... It is always touching to see floral tributes laid at theFishermen's Memorial, in St James' Square, Grimsby, in honour of thebrave men who went to sea and never returned. But once the flowers die, they seem to be laid ...
Group's big concern ; Re: Cleethorpes has been voted as the ninth happiest place to live in Britain.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Re: Cleethorpes has been voted as the ninth happiest place tolive in Britain. A survey of 273 districts in England, Scotland and Wales wascarried out by Dr Dimitris Ballas. The findings of this survey are in stark contrast to the natureof contacts received by Grimsby, ...
Family business is 'splashing' success ; More than three quarters of a century after smoking the first batch of fish, one of the town's longest established traditional family firms has started selling its produce direct to the people of Grimsby.
Sep 02, 2008; Dave Laister ... More than three quarters of a century after smoking the firstbatch of fish, one of the town's longest established traditionalfamily firms has started selling its produce direct to the people ofGrimsby. From a base behind King Edward Street, Atkinson's Smoked Fish Ltdhas operated ...
On the look-out for area's young zombies
Sep 02, 2008; Laura Stuart-Cook ... Fusion Youth Theatre is teaming up with a top Cleethorpesplaywright for its biggest project yet. The group is hard at work preparing for Chomp - A Zombie Musical,with professional writer Andy Evans. Andy, who has had his play Taking A Bullet, commissioned by HullTruck ...
Getting all dressed up for charity
Sep 02, 2008; Simon Faulkner ... Volunteers from Home Start, the family support charity, put ontheir wedding dresses for the group's first big fundraiser. The event was held on Cleethorpes sea front to raise money forthe charity, which last year lost a big slice of its funding, whenit ran out last year. Home ...
Tributes to county's super lady ; Tributes have been flooding in for the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, Bridget Cracroft-Eley, who has died aged 74 after a long illness.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Tributes have been flooding in for the Lord Lieutenant ofLincolnshire, Bridget Cracroft-Eley, who has died aged 74 after along illness. Mrs Cracroft-Eley, who lived on the Hackthorn Hall estate, nearLincoln, had been suffering from a brain tumour and had latterlybeen a patient at ...
Lindsey lads follow in superstars' footsteps ; A Team of Year 10 boys from The Lindsey School and Community Arts College emulated footballing superstars Steven Gerrard, Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Owen when they impressed in the Welsh International Super Cup.
Sep 02, 2008 ... A Team of Year 10 boys from The Lindsey School and Community ArtsCollege emulated footballing superstars Steven Gerrard, AndriyShevchenko and Michael Owen when they impressed in the WelshInternational Super Cup. The TLS boys reached the semi-final of the prestigious event,which, ...
Champion key turns on rival in semi-final ; Defending champion Sarah Key survived a scare to clinch her place in the ladies singles final of the Grimsby and District Closed Tennis Championships.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Defending champion Sarah Key survived a scare to clinch her placein the ladies singles final of the Grimsby and District ClosedTennis Championships. Jane Spurrell went close to causing an upset, taking the firstset against Key and leading 2-0 in the third. But the champion ...
Bell ringing in for victory at Louth ; Ten-handicapper Eric Bell won the Vets Trophy at Louth Golf Club with a net 67.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Ten-handicapper Eric Bell won the Vets Trophy at Louth Golf Clubwith a net 67. Second in the competition for men over 50 was Terry Cornish (18)69, third David Harness (18) 70 and fourth Martin Holdsworth (10) 71(back nine). Captain Tim Elliott organised an exchange day with ...
Alex is the all-round star for Cleethorpes ; Cleethorpes completed a double in the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB Premier League on Saturday when they defeated Barnsley by eight wickets.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Cleethorpes completed a double in the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECBPremier League on Saturday when they defeated Barnsley by eightwickets. Electing to bat first, the South Yorkshire side started slowly,before man-of-the-match Alex Osmond put a virtual stop on runscoring. It ...