GREAT GRIMSBY ICE FACTORY TRUST AT GGIFT.CO.UK IS BEING UPDATED. THE LINK IS EFFECTIVELY DEAD FOR NOW. TO SEE THE LATEST AT GRIMSBY'S HISTORIC DOCKS GO TO THE KASBAH WEBSITE AT thekasbah.co.uk
Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust
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The Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust (GGIFT) is a small building preservation trust founded in 2010, with the object of preserving the Grade II* listed Ice Factory and initiating a programme of heritage-led regeneration in Grimsby.
📢BREAKING: Today we've added a record number of buildings to our Buildings at Risk list. From pubs and pits to town halls and theatres – all with potential for new life♻️ Browse the collection: www.savebritainsheritage.org/buildings-at...
Butterfly Bomb Memorial Service at Grimsby Minster with reflections on the devastating raid of 14 June 1943, remembering the lives lost, the impact it had on our town and those who made Grimsby safe again.
Reminder that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social will be showing the 'Butterfly Winter' episode of DANGER UXB at 5am tomorrow (Saturday 13 June) and that the Butterfly Bomb exhibition continues in Freshney Place (now with a BBC Radio documentary playing).
The Wilder Way: Starring Patrick Wymark@harrydobermann.bsky.social · 2mo agoJust been told that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social will begin a repeat run of DANGER UXB next Tuesday at 5am! You will have another chance to see 'Butterfly Winter' at 5am Saturday 13 June 2026.
Peveril of the Peak, Manchester, 2017, painting by Michelle Taube.
What makes Portmeirion unique? I'll be exploring that question in my online talk on 17th June. The vision of its founder, Clough Williams-Ellis, was a determining factor. His use of colour, architectural salvage and carefully contrived views all make it stand out www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
Are you thinking of coming to our symposium on 26th June? We hope so but there are only a few tickets left so don't delay, book today! Join us plus partners @hbap1924.bsky.social and @heritagenetwork.bsky.social for a packed day of talks, discussions & networking at Saltdean Lido
Bus Diversions down Frederick Ward Way for Royal Visit tomorrow (Thursday 11 June) - see Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes website for latest updates
Bus Diversions down Frederick Ward Way for Royal Visit tomorrow (Thursday 11 June) - see Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes website for latest updates
the Butterfly Bomb Exhibition at People Make Grimsby, Baxtergate, Freshney Place opens tomorrow. and will be open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 4pm, until 18th June
Just been told that @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social will begin a repeat run of DANGER UXB next Tuesday at 5am! You will have another chance to see 'Butterfly Winter' at 5am Saturday 13 June 2026.
Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust@greatgift.bsky.social · 2mo agoScenes from 'Butterfly Winter' episode of DANGER UXB (1979) which writer Jeremy Paul confirmed was based on the 1943 Butterfly Bomb raid on Grimsby - to be commemorated this June with exhibition and service at Grimsby Minster.
The line-up for our event at Humber Business Week is now confirmed. Join us next Weds 12-1 at Hull Truck for a lively and curious hour. Reserve your place here: tinyurl.com/yufbp62e @rosiemillard.bsky.social @paulsewell.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social
Scenes from 'Butterfly Winter' episode of DANGER UXB (1979) which writer Jeremy Paul confirmed was based on the 1943 Butterfly Bomb raid on Grimsby - to be commemorated this June with exhibition and service at Grimsby Minster.
@grimsbycleecivic.bsky.social · 2mo agoExhibition about the 1943 Butterfly Bomb raid is at People Make Grimsby (near NEXT) Freshney Place, Grimsby.
Service remembering victims of the 1943 Butterfly Bomb raid at Grimsby Minster 14 June 2026
Exhibition about the 1943 Butterfly Bomb raid is at People Make Grimsby (near NEXT) Freshney Place, Grimsby.
My first job was sports editor of the Goole Times, Yorkshire. A History of Goole in 200 Objects exhibition at Goole Museum to mark town's 200 anniversary. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Weird' objects in Goole offer glimpse into town's past
A teacup owned by one of Goole's first settlers is in an exhibition celebrating the town's history.
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🚨 New on Substack, my post on the controversial regeneration of Lewisham's Pepys Estate - ‘a Tale of Two Cities’ ... municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-pepys-...
The Pepys Estate, Deptford: ‘a Tale of Two Cities’
If you’ve been following recent posts, you will have read already about the award-winning design and prestige of the Pepys Estate in its earliest years and its subsequent reputation as a crime-ridden ...
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Manchester's legendary Haçienda club opened on this day 1982. Unsuccessful at first: oversized and cold, acoustics bad, programming eclectic. Comedian Bernard Manning performed on the opening night and it didn't go well.
Thursday 28 May 7:30pm - Grimsby Concert Society at Grimsby Town Hall - The Rubenstein Hartung Duo in One Piano, Four Hands. Mozart Sonata in C Major. Schubert Fantasie. Brahms Variation on a Theme by Robert Schumann. Ravel Mother Goose Suite. Tickets £16.50
My next online talk celebrates the centenary of the most picturesque #seaside village in Britain. #Portmeirion was the brainchild of Clough Williams-Ellis, a labour of love that he built over fifty years. Always a hotel, join me to learn about its unique history www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
Following @seasideferry.bsky.social 's talk on the influence of #FestivalofBritain on seaside architecture, I revisited Jean Symons' fascinating FESTIVAL HALL NOTEBOOK (2000). It records her time as an architecture student shadowing the clerk of works on the Festival Hall.
The work of Vivian Maier (1920-2009), prolific US street photographer whose work was unknown in her lifetime #WomensArt
🚨 New on Substack: my second post on the Pepys Estate in Lewisham examines its fall from grace - from ‘Showcase’ to ‘Nightmare’. What went wrong? municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-pepys-...
Great talk by @seasideferry.bsky.social on the influence of the Festival of Britain on post war seaside architecture. Pleased to be see that Cleethorpes was one of the destinations of the Guinness Clock, and that a legacy of Festival architecture can still be found at the beach huts.
Dr Kathryn Ferry@seasideferry.bsky.social · 3mo ago📢Last call for my online talk *this evening* about the impact of the #festivalofbritain on #seaside buildings. To celebrate its 75th anniversary I'll discuss festival style as seen in #piers, pavilions and even #beachhuts ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry @c20society.bsky.social
'Stevenage is a town of love and hope.' This is a wonderful account of Stevenage New Town by Gareth Edwards and John Grindrod. johngrindrod.substack.com/p/monstrosit...
Monstrosities Mon Amour: Stevenage with Gareth Edwards
#17. John Grindrod meets historian and podcaster Gareth Edwards for a trip to the dreamy cycle paths of Stevenage and the pleasures of a corned beef sandwich
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