I remember going into Lawsons with my Grandmother in the 1970s. The smell of coffee was wonderful. Anybody got any film of the bucket fountain? I used to think it was wonderful. Would stand and watch it for ages.
Wish we could go back to how it was it was so much better and original the council have made a complete mess of this town, I so miss the bustling atmosphere of the 80s/90s grimsby town.. Woolworths, the wimpy it's such a shame I tend to go to places like Lincoln and York now where they have kept it original.
Compared to our shopping center Grimsby's is brilliant its warm and under cover I remember the Friar Tuck the landlord at time had a Airdale Terrier who would chase and bring back anything you chucked at him he so happy when customers did it😀😀😀
I liked it better then and the Friar Tuck was a great pub. Ok its all undercover now but its just not as nice. A case of developments for the developer and not the people.
I delivered all the concrete pre fabricated parts to build the precinct. It was stored on the Now car terminal along the 180 opposite the shell Garage. We called it the Lego building. Also delivered the Escalator in marks and Spencer's shop. The Wooden beams in the Cleethorpes Library.
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At 1.35, that’s me in the flared jeans and brown leather coat.
I hated this place, they destroyed some real character in Grimsby to build this dump and Prestos, the Motel and St James' House ugly ugly buildings replacing some good solid architecture. This was the real beginning of the destruction of Grimsby as a pleasant town to live and visit.
Change is not always for the best, this shows a town with character. Today it is empty and souless its dead. The town is dying being taken over by greedy property builders like cydan homes. Who knock up 2 bit houses and charge a fortune. This town is dying and its so sad to see.
I don't mind Scunthorpe myself as I find the people are friendly there but its out of place in Lincolnshire as its more like a West Yorkshire town than a Lincolnshire one!
I still dream about the original layout of 'Top Town'. This is excellent.
I remember going into Lawsons with my Grandmother in the 1970s. The smell of coffee was wonderful. Anybody got any film of the bucket fountain? I used to think it was wonderful. Would stand and watch it for ages.
Wish we could go back to how it was it was so much better and original the council have made a complete mess of this town, I so miss the bustling atmosphere of the 80s/90s grimsby town.. Woolworths, the wimpy it's such a shame I tend to go to places like Lincoln and York now where they have kept it original.
Wow freshney place when it used to be a decent place to shop, shame about it now.
It was great was freshney place back in the 90s when they had the cafe upstairs!
Now its gone to rack and ruin!
Many happy memories, I had a Saturday job in Lawson and Stockdale's, it was exactly like Are You Being Served? 😂
always smelled of coffee and there was always a mile long queue for the butchers :)
Great piece I remember the old bull ring and the mucky duck but loved the new centre on a Saturday specially into the shop where della dolan worked
No empty shops then and when it rained you had to walk down the sides so you woundnt get wet 🤣 bring back great in Grimsby
Compared to our shopping center Grimsby's is brilliant its warm and under cover I remember the Friar Tuck the landlord at time had a Airdale Terrier who would chase and bring back anything you chucked at him he so happy when customers did it😀😀😀
Nice to see some people with Pride Record bags in one of the pictures. I worked for Prides and spent many busy days there back in the early eighties.
my sister used to out with a bloke called howard who was the manager there
I liked it better then and the Friar Tuck was a great pub. Ok its all undercover now but its just not as nice. A case of developments for the developer and not the people.
Such a shame they ruined our great town centre with freshney place 😢😞
Brings back so many memories
As soon as i heard the song, knew it was Illustrious GY, watched them loads in the Bullring back in the day
Great back then
Should have left it how it was it was original now it's dead a ghost town☹️
I delivered all the concrete pre fabricated parts to build the precinct. It was stored on the Now car terminal along the 180 opposite the shell Garage. We called it the Lego building. Also delivered the Escalator in marks and Spencer's shop. The Wooden beams in the Cleethorpes Library.
At 1.35, that’s me in the flared jeans and brown leather coat.
Was a far better place back then open and fresh, instead of being in a green house, horrible now
I hated this place, they destroyed some real character in Grimsby to build this dump and Prestos, the Motel and St James' House ugly ugly buildings replacing some good solid architecture.
This was the real beginning of the destruction of Grimsby as a pleasant town to live and visit.
Change is not always for the best, this shows a town with character. Today it is empty and souless its dead.
The town is dying being taken over by greedy property builders like cydan homes.
Who knock up 2 bit houses and charge a fortune.
This town is dying and its so sad to see.
Illustrious! What happened to those guys?
A town ruined by drug addicts, still better than scunny.
I don't mind Scunthorpe myself as I find the people are friendly there but its out of place in Lincolnshire as its more like a West Yorkshire town than a Lincolnshire one!
Place has gone bankrupt now , shame