Grimsby
Grimsby | |
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Location within Lincolnshire | |
Population | 86,138 (2021 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | TA279087 |
• London | 140 mi (230 km) S |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Areas of the town (2011 census BUASD) | |
Post town | GRIMSBY |
Postcode district | DN31 – DN34, DN36, DN37, DN41 |
Dialling code | 01472 |
Police | Humberside |
Fire | Humberside |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a
Grimsby has notable landmarks including
Geography
The town was named "Great Grimsby" to distinguish it from
History
There is
Vikings
Sometime in the 9th century AD, Grimsby was settled by
In Norse mythology, Grim (Mask) and Grimnir (Masked One) are names adopted by the deity Oðin (Anglo-Saxon Woðen) when travelling incognito amongst mortals, as in the short poem known as "Grimnir's Sayings" (Grimnismal) in the Poetic Edda.[11] The intended audience of the Havelock tale (recorded much later as the Lay of Havelock the Dane) may have taken the fisherman Grim to be Odin in disguise.
The Oðinic name "Grimr/Grim" occurs in many English place names in the historical Danelaw and elsewhere in Britain. Examples are numerous earthworks named Grimsdyke.[12] Other British place names with the element Grim are explained as referring to Woðen/Oðin (e.g. Grimsbury, Grimspound, Grime's Graves, Grimsditch, Grimsworne), and Grimsby is likely to have the same derivation.
Grimsby is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a population of around 200, a priest, a mill, and a ferry.
Medieval times
Grimsby grew in the 12th century into a fishing and trading port, at one time ranking twelfth in importance to the Crown for tax revenue. The town gained its charter from King John in 1201; the first mayor was installed in 1202.[13]
Grimsby is noted in the
Vér hǫfum vaðnar leirur vikur fimm megingrimmar; |
Grimsby had no town walls. It was too small and felt to be protected by the marshland around it. However, the town dug a defensive ditch.
Grimsby in medieval times had two parish churches,
In the mid-14th century, the town benefited from the generosity of Edmund de Grimsby, a local man who became a senior Crown official and judge in Ireland.
In the 15th century, The Haven began to silt up, preventing ships in the Humber from docking. As a result, Grimsby entered a long period of decline until the late 18th century. By 1801, the population of Grimsby numbered 1,524,[citation needed] around the size it had been in the Middle Ages. By 1810 Joseph Smedley was hiring a purpose built theatre for seven Guineas.[14]
Rise of fishing and maritime industry
The
The arrival of the railway in 1848 eased the transport of goods to and from the port to markets and farms. Coal mined in the South Yorkshire coalfields was brought by rail and exported through Grimsby. Rail links direct to London and the Billingsgate Fish Market allowed fresh "Grimsby fish" to gain nationwide renown. The first true fish dock opened in Grimsby in 1856, and the town became central to the development of the commercial fishing industry.
The
In 1857 there were 22 vessels in Grimsby. Six years later there were 112.[16] The first two legitimate steam trawlers built in Britain were based in Grimsby. By 1900, a tenth of the fish consumed in the United Kingdom was landed there, although there were also many smaller coastal fishing ports and villages involved.[16]
The demand for fish in Grimsby meant that at its peak in the 1950s it claimed to be the largest fishing port in the world.[17] The population grew from 75,000 in 1901 to 92,000 by 1931.
The Great Depression and restructured fishing caused a sharp decline in employment. After that the population was fairly stable for the rest of the 20th century.[18]
Second World War
The Royal Dock became the UK's largest base for
This hazardous work lost the Patrol Service more vessels than any other Royal Navy branch in the Second World War; 2,385 men died.[19] Grimsby's Royal Naval Patrol Service veterans financed a memorial beside the Dock Tower to ensure that the bravery and sacrifice of their comrades were not forgotten.[19][20]
On 14 June 1943, an early-morning air raid by the Luftwaffe dropped several 1,000-kg bombs, 6,000 incendiary bombs and over 3,000 Butterfly Bombs in the Grimsby area,[21] killing 99 people. In total, Second World War bombing raids in Grimsby and Cleethorpes killed 196, while another 184 were seriously injured.[21] The Butterfly Bombs that littered the area hampered fire-fighting crews trying to reach locations damaged by incendiary bombs. The search for bodies continued for a month after the raid.[21]
Post-Second World War
After the pressures placed on the industry during the Cod Wars and the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy, which redistributed fishing quotas to other EU nations, many Grimsby firms decided to cease trawling operations there. The sudden demise of the industry brought an end to a way of life and community that had lasted for generations. The loss of the fishing industry brought severe economic and social problems for the town.[22] Huge numbers became redundant, highly skilled in jobs that no longer existed, and struggled to find work ashore. As with the Ross Group, some firms concentrated on expanding industries within the town, such as food processing.
Grimsby's trawling days are remembered through artefacts and permanent exhibits at the town's Fishing Heritage Centre. A preserved 1950s trawler, Ross Tiger, is located here. Few fishing vessels still operate from Grimsby's docks, but the town maintains a substantial fish market important in Europe.[23]
Grimsby was struck by an F1/T3 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of a record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak that day.[24] From the mid-1980s, the former Humber ferry PS Lincoln Castle has been moored in Alexandra Dock. She was used during this time as a pub\restaurant, but despite her design and status as Britain's last coal-fired paddle steamer, the catering no longer yielded a profit. The ship was broken up in 2010.[25] Berthed in Alexandra Dock is the Ross Tiger, the last survivor of what was once the world's largest fleet of sidewinder trawlers.[26]
The town was described in The Daily Telegraph in 2001 as one "subjected to... many crude developments over the past 30-odd years" and a town which "seemingly shuns the notion of heritage."[27] Redevelopment was planned as part of Yorkshire Forward's Renaissance Towns Programme,[citation needed] but the scheme was abandoned in 2012.
In the early 21st century, the town faced the challenges of a post-industrial economy on top of the decline in its fishing industry. The East Marsh ward of the town is the second most deprived in the country, according to government statistics.[28]
Governance
Since the December 2019 general election, Lia Nici (Conservative) has been the Member of Parliament for the Great Grimsby constituency, having won the seat from the former MP, Melanie Onn (Labour), who had served since 2015. This lost the seat to the Labour Party for the first time in 74 years, not least under Austin Mitchell (Labour), who held it from 1977 to 2015.[29]
Great Grimsby | |
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Grimsby Town Hall | |
Great Grimsby as a Borough of Humberside | |
Area | |
• 1911 | 2,868 acres (11.61 km2) |
• 1961 | 5,881 acres (23.80 km2) |
History | |
• Created | 1835 |
• Abolished | 1996 |
• Succeeded by | North East Lincolnshire |
Status | Town Charter Granted 1201 County Borough (1889–1974) Borough (1974–1996) |
• HQ | Grimsby |
Arms of Great Grimsby Borough Council | |
Great Grimsby formed an ancient Borough in the
In 1974, the County Borough was abolished[31] and Great Grimsby was reconstituted with the same boundaries as Grimsby non-metropolitan district in the new county of Humberside, under the Local Government Act 1972. The district was renamed Great Grimsby in 1979.
In the early 1990s, area local government came under review from the
Council wards
North East Lincolnshire Council has eight Council wards within the area of Grimsby:
- Freshney Ward
- Heneage Ward
- Scartho Ward
- South Ward
- East Marsh Ward
- Park Ward
- West Marsh Ward
- Yarborough Ward
Economy
The main sectors of the economy are ports and logistics, food processing, specifically frozen foods and fish processing, chemicals and process industries and digital media.[22] Cleethorpes to the east has a tourist industry. To the west along the Humber bank to Immingham, there has been large-scale industrial activity since the 1950s, around chemicals and from the 1990s gas-powered electricity generation.
Food industry
Grimsby is strongly linked with the sea fishing industry that once generated wealth for the town. At its peak in the 1950s, it was the largest and busiest fishing port in the world.
Grimsby houses some 500 food-related companies, as one of the largest concentrations of such firms in Europe. The local council has promoted Grimsby as Europe's Food Town for nearly 20 years.[36] In 1999, the BBC reported that more pizzas were produced than anywhere else in Europe, including Italy.[37]
Grimsby is recognised as the main centre of the UK fish-processing industry; 70 per cent of the UK's fish-processing industry is located there.[28] In recent years, this expertise has led to diversification into all forms of frozen and chilled foods.[22] It is one of the largest centres of fish processing in Europe. More than 100 local companies are involved in fresh and frozen fish production, the largest being the Findus Group (see Lion Capital LLP), comprising Young's Seafood and Findus, with its corporate headquarters in the town. Young's is a major employer, with some 2,500 people based at its headquarters. From this base, Young's has a global sourcing operation supplying 60 species from 30 countries.[38]
Other major seafood companies include the Icelandic-owned Coldwater Seafood,[40] employing more than 700 across its sites in Grimsby; and Five Star Fish,[41] a supplier of fish products to the UK food market.
The £5.6 million Humber Seafood Institute,[42] the first of its kind in the UK, opened in 2008. Backed by Yorkshire Forward, North East Lincolnshire Council and the European Regional Development Fund, it is managed by the local council. Tenants include the Seafish Industry Authority and Grimsby Institute and University Centre. Greater Grimsby is a European centre of excellence in producing chilled prepared meals, and the area has Europe's largest concentration of cold-storage facilities.[43]
Docks
The
Fishing activities were reduced to a fraction of former levels in the second half of the 20th century. The current port has become a centre for car imports and exports, and since 1975 for general cargo. In the early 21st century, it has developed as a wind-farm maintenance base.
Retail
High-street shopping is grouped in central Grimsby between the railway and River Freshney, where Victoria Street acts as a central pedestrianised shopping street with an undercover
In the town centre Bethlehem and Osborne Street are also mixed in use, hosting retail, legal and service functions to the south of Victoria Street. Many local independent stores operate, several at the Abbeygate Centre off Bethlehem Street. Once the head office of local brewers Hewitt Brothers, the building was renovated in the mid-1980s and now houses restaurants and designer clothing stores.
The town has two markets, one next to Freshney Place and the other in Freeman Street (B1213). This was a dominant shopping area with close ties to the docks, but industry and demographic changes have led it to struggle since the late 1970s. Previously the town centre area was rivalled by the Freeman Street shopping area, located closer to the docks. Freeman Street retains its covered market. Grimsby town centre has re-emerged in prominence as the docks declined and shops such as Marks and Spencer relocated to central Grimsby.
Other developments near the town centre since the 1980s include the Alexandra Retail Park and Sainsbury's to the west of Alexandra Dock, an Asda store between the town centre and Freeman Street, and the Victoria Mills Retail Park off the
Some out-of-town development has taken place, with Morrisons building a store just outside the town in the parish of Laceby. It is known as Morrisons Cleethorpes. This name derives from a period when the area was part of the now defunct Cleethorpes Borough. Most major supermarkets have expanded in the early 21st century, including Asda, and Tesco at Hewitts Circus, which is technically in adjoining Cleethorpes.
Such is the quality of shopping in the area that bus services bring shoppers from across Lincolnshire, especially smaller towns such as Louth,[50] Brigg, and Scunthorpe.[51]
Renewable energy
Grimsby is beginning to develop as an energy centre. It already generates more electricity from renewable solar, wind, biomass and
Education
The numerous primary schools in Grimsby and coupled with
Transport
Grimsby lies 15 mi (24 km) from the nearest motorway, the M180, which continues as A180 into the town and acts as a link with the national motorway network.[22] The town is skirted by the A18, with the A46 passing through to provide a connection towards Lincoln, while the A16 links it to Louth and south and eastern Lincolnshire. The transport infrastructure was described in a report by the European Commission as strong and as a help to Grimsby's transition to a food-processing centre.[22] It was once derided as being "on the road to nowhere" by the writer and critic A. A. Gill.[54]
Buses
Grimsby's bus services are provided by Stagecoach in Lincolnshire, which took over from Grimsby-Cleethorpes Transport (CGT) in 1993. This had been formed in 1957 by a merger of separate Grimsby and Cleethorpes transport undertakings. Stagecoach had all the buses resprayed to their standard livery to replace the colour scheme of orange and white introduced in 1987. GCT ran a mixture of crewed and one-person operated services,[citation needed] but in 1982 the job of the conductor was abolished.
In 2005, Stagecoach bought out Lincolnshire Road Car, which served South Killingholme, Louth, Barton-upon-Humber and the Willows Estate. The company is now known as Stagecoach in Lincolnshire. Joint ticketing began with Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes in May 2006.[citation needed] From September 2006, a new fleet of low-floor single-deckers was introduced, making the fleet an unprecedented 85 per cent low-floor.[citation needed]
The main bus exchange in Grimsby is Riverhead Exchange.
Railways
Grimsby has rail links via
Erstwhile trams
Grimsby had two tramway networks: the
Grimsby Electric was a normal-gauge tramway opened in 1912 between Corporation Bridge at Grimsby and Immingham. There was no physical connection with the railway system. It provided passenger services between Grimsby and Immingham until it closed in 1961. It is claimed that once this was controlled by the corporation, it had more interest in supporting the motorbus service, now No. 45.
Grimsby Light Railway opened in 1881 using horse-drawn trams. In 1901, these were replaced with electric tramways.[
Operating in the area until the 1950s was a network of electrically operated trolleybuses served by overhead power lines.[citation needed]
Airport
Humberside Airport is 14 mi (23 km) west of Grimsby and mainly caters for charter holidays. It is popular for general aviation, with five flying clubs based there.
Sport
Football
The local football team
Grimsby Town was relegated on 7 May 2010 to the Football Conference, losing its status as a League club.
Blundell Park's Main Stand is the oldest in English professional football. It opened in 1899, although only the present foundations date from that time. There have been plans to relocate the club to a new stadium, including one at the side of Peaks Parkway in Grimsby.[59]
Other sports
An ice hockey club has been based in Grimsby since 1936. It has teams playing at various levels throughout the
The amateur
Tennis teams from local clubs have been successful in various inter-county competitions. The men's team from Grimsby Tennis Centre won the Lincolnshire Doubles League in 2005. Tennis players from the town represent the county on a regular basis at all age levels. Grimsby Tennis Centre underwent a major redevelopment of facilities in 2005 and is now wholly accessible to disabled people.
The town had one of the largest table tennis leagues in the country,[60] with over 120 teams competing in the 1970s, but like the game of squash, the sport has declined in the town during recent years.
Culture and attractions
Entertainment
Before the late 1960s many public houses in the area were owned by the local brewer Hewitt Brothers and had a distinctive local touch, but it was taken over in 1969 by the brewer
Musical entertainment is provided at the Grimsby Auditorium, built in 1995 in Cromwell Road, Yarborough, near Grimsby Leisure Centre. The smaller Caxton Theatre is in Cleethorpe Road (A180) in East Marsh, near the docks. The Caxton Theatre[63] provides entertainment by adults and youths in theatre. Notable in the area is the Class Act Theatre Company run by the local playwright David Wrightam.
North East Lincolnshire Council has installed a Wi-Fi network covering Victoria Street in central Grimsby. The service gives access to the Internet to the general public on a yearly subscription.
Grimsby's Freeman Street cinema closed in 2004,[64] leaving the Parkway cinema in Cleethorpes to serve the town. Periodic plans to build a new cinema in Grimsby have been made since.[65] The Whitgift Film Theatre in John Whitgift Academy shows a programme of limited release and art-house films.
Places of interest and landmarks
- Corporation Bridge
- Fisherman's Memorial[66]
- Grimsby Docks
- Grimsby Dock Tower
- Grimsby Ice Factory – built in 1898–1901 to provide crushed ice to preserve fish stored in ships at Grimsby's seaport
- Grimsby Institute
- Grimsby Minster
- Grimsby Town Hall
- Humber Forts
- Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
- People's Park
- Waltham Windmill
- Weelsby Woods
Grimsby is the site of a Blue Cross Animal Hospital, one of only four in the country, the other three being in London. Previously on Cleethorpe Road, the Grimsby hospital moved in 2005 to a new building, Coco Markus House, on Nelson Street.
Media
Newspaper
The Grimsby Telegraph, had an audited circulation of 14,344 copies in 2017. It is based in Heritage House near the Fishing Heritage Centre.[67]
Radio
The local radio stations are
Television
Terrestrial television coverage based in the area comes from
Popular culture
- Grimsby", which is included in John's album Caribou.
- The town has featured as a film location: Scartho Hospital (now Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital), and the Scartho Cemetery entrance, were used in the 1985 film Clockwise.[68] The 2006 film, This Is England was partly set and filmed in Grimsby and other East Midland locations such as Nottingham.
- Grimsby is an action-comedy film starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Strong, released by Columbia Pictures in February 2016. No scenes for it were actually shot in the town; they were filmed instead in Tilbury, Essex.[69]
- The town was the setting for a second series of the Channel 4 documentary Skint in 2014, following families and individuals undergoing the "devastating effects of long-term unemployment".[70]
- The CiTV animated series The Rubbish World of Dave Spud takes place in a fictionalised version of Grimsby. The tower block the Spud family live in was modelled after the former high-rise flats on East Marsh.[71]
Flooding
The Environment Agency has awarded Sheffield-based telemetry company CSE Seprol a contract to supply flood-warning devices for risk areas in East Anglia. The 18 sirens, at various locations round the flood-risk area of Grimsby and Cleethorpes, should reach 25,500 households to warn of flood danger. They will be sounded only in the event of the Environment Agency issuing a severe flood warning for tidal flooding, or if it is likely the sea defences will be breached. The sirens make various sounds, from the traditional wail to a voice message.[72]
Notable people
Listed in alphabetical order (Grimbarians were mainly born at the former Grimsby Maternity Hospital in Nunsthorpe, Grimsby. Many were born at the defunct Croft Baker Maternity Hospital in nearby Cleethorpes. Those born and/or brought up nearby include:
- Herbert Ayre (1882–1966), footballer
- Richard Bennett(born 1954), a cricketer who played for New Zealand
- Shirley Bloomer(born 1934), winner of the French Open Singles and Doubles titles in 1957 and the French Open Mixed title in 1958
- Jack Braughton (1921–2016), a long-distance runner who represented Britain in the Olympics
- Bill Brewster, writer and disc jockey
- Dennis Brown (born 1951), Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and President of the American Physiological Society
- 400 metersevent, represented Britain in the World and European Championships.
- Ian Huntley, convicted of perverting the course of justice in the Soham murderscase
- Stuart Carrington (born 1990), snooker player
- Joanne Clifton (born 1983), professional dancer on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing as of 2014
- Kevin Clifton (born 1982), professional dancer on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing alongside his sister Joanne (above)
- Holly Clyburn (born 1991), professional golfer, plays on the Ladies European Tour. Winning member of Great Britain Curtis Cup team of 2012
- Wintringham School.
- Patrick Cormack (born 1939), Conservative politician and MP, later the life peer Baron Cormack[73][74]
- Peter Crampton (born 1969), Olympic 400 metres hurdles runner for Great Britain
- Peter "Mars" Cowling (1946–2018), longstanding bass player in the Pat Travers Band
- Steve Currie (1947–1981) bass player and long-term member of the English glam rock band T. Rex
- Keeley Donovan, weather presenter for BBC North
- Betty Spencer in the 1970s comedy Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
- Arthur Drewry (1891–1961), football administrator and businessman, chaired Grimsby Town F.C., and later the Football League, the Football Association and FIFA.
- Kevin Drinkell (born 1960), football manager and former player for Grimsby Town, Rangers and Norwich City
- World Professional Billiards Championof 1985.
- Grimsby Town Football Cluband local councillor
- Brenda Fisher (1927–2022), cross-Channel and long-distance swimmer[75][76][77]
- FiveNews
- Tony Ford, footballer holding the all-time record for matches played in the English league by an outfield player, notably for Grimsby Town, Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion
- Lee Freeman, Chief Constable of Humberside Police 2017–[78]
- Freddie Frinton (1909–1968), comedian, actor in the 1960s BBC comedy Meet the Wife
- Freddie Frith (1909–1988), former Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion
- Lisa George (born 1970), actress, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and contestant on Dancing on Ice
- Phil Gladwin (born 1963), television screenwriter, Warriors of Kudlak
- Phil Glew (born 1983), racing driver in British Touring Car Championship, now commentator for ITV Sport.
- Lloyd Griffith (born 1983), comedian and television presenter, Soccer AM
- Edmund de Grimsby, judge and clergyman, was born in Grimsby and probably died here in 1354.
- Dan Haigh (born 1980), bass guitarist in rock group Fightstar, and co-founder of synth-wave trio Gunship (band), was born and brought up in the town.
- Mike Hallett (born 1959), snooker player and commentator for Sky Sports
- Kate Haywood (born 1987), a swimmer who competed for Britain and Olympics and England at the Commonwealth level
- Duncan Heath (born 1981), first-class cricketer
- John Heath (born 1978), first-class cricketer
- Patricia Hodge (born 1946), actor: Miranda, Rumpole of the Bailey and Jemima Shore Investigates. Her parents managed the Royal Hotel in the town. She attended Wintringham School.
- Soham double child murderer, was born at Grimsby and lived there until the late 1990s.[79]
- Alfred Hurst (1846–1915), member of the Iowa House of Representatives
- Keith Jobling (1934–2020), professional footballer with 450 games for Grimsby Town
- Guy Martin (born 1981), motorcycle racer turned television presenter
- Madge Kendal, also known as Margaret Shaftoe Grimston nee Robertson (1848–1935), was a stage and radio actress. Dame Kendal Grove, in Nunsthorpe, is named after her.
- Archie Hallam.[80]
- Glenn Kirkham, (born 1982), field hockey player for England and Great Britain Olympic team
- Duncan McKenzie (born 1950), footballer with Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Everton
- Robert Kyle (1913–2010), American football and Baseball player and coach, notably a quarterback for West Virginia University
- Amy Monkhouse (born 1979) lawn bowler[81]
- Darren Pattinson (born 1978), England Test cricketer born in Grimsby
- Michael Pearce (born 1965), an artist born in Grimsby
- Julie Peasgood (born 1956), actor, Fran in the soap opera Brookside, grew up in Grimsby and attended Wintringham School.
- Dean Reynolds (born 1963), snooker player
- Matija Sarkic (born 1997), footballer, Premier League goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers and international for Montenegro
- Kiera Skeels (born 2001), footballer for Charlton Athletic
- David Smith (born 1974) Great Britain Olympic hammer thrower
- Matthew Stiff (born 1979), opera singer
- Emily Syme (born 2000), footballer for Bristol City
- Rod Temperton (1949–2016), songwriter, record producer and musician. Born and raised in Cleethorpes, worked as a fish filleter at Ross Frozen Foods, Grimsby, prior to success.
- This is England and Game of Thrones
- David Tarttelin (born 1929), painter
- Ivy Wallace (1915–2006), children's writer and artist
- John Whitgift (1530–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury under Queen Elizabeth I
- Tom Wintringham (1898–1949, communist politician and military historian
- Patrick Wymark (1926–1970), actor. Wymark View was named after him.
- Paul Robinson Contemporary Artist known for his depiction of the Pink Bear[82]
People with Grimsby connections:
- Hollie Arnold (born 1994) Paralympian athlete who won Gold in the F46 javelin at the 2016 games. Was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. She grew up in the neighbouring village of Holton-le-Clay.
- Harold Gosney (born 1937), artist and sculptor, taught at Grimsby School of Art 1960–1992 and created sculptures sited around Grimsby.
- Ella Henderson (born 1996), singer, songwriter and former contestant on The X Factor. Was born in a neighbouring village Tetney and went to school in Grimsby.
- John Hurt (1940–2017), actor, spent his formative years in the town while his father was a priest at St Aidan's, Cleethorpes.
- Norman Lamont (born 1942), Conservative MP and former Chancellor of the Exchequer, was brought up in the town.
- Andrew Osmond (1938–1999), Diplomat and co-founder of Private Eye grew up in neighbouring village of Barnoldby-le-Beck
- David Ross, businessman, co-founder of Carphone Warehouse was brought up in the town.
- Ernest Worrall (1898–1972), painter known for depicting Grimsby in the Second World War, lived there from 1932 until the 1960s.[83]
Twin cities
Grimsby's
- Tromsø, Norway, since 1961
- Bremerhaven, Germany, since February 1963
- Banjul, The Gambia
- Dieppe, France
- Akureyri, Iceland. In 2007, a friendship and fisheries agreement was signed with Akureyri which according to Ice News, might lead to a twin cities designation in the future.[84]
As a port with trading ties to Continental Europe, the Nordic nations and Baltic Europe,
The people of Norway have sent a tree to the town of Grimsby every Christmas since the end of the Second World War. The Norwegian city of Trondheim sent a tree for 40 years until 2003, since when the tree has been donated by the northern Norwegian town of Sortland and placed in the town's Riverhead Square.[92][93][94][95] During redevelopment of Riverhead Square the tree has been placed in the Old Market Place since 2013.
See also
- Grimsby class sloops, in service from the 1930s until 1966.
- St Mary's Church, Grimsby
- List of mayors of Grimsby
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