Trains from Cleethorpes are controlled from this modern(ish) signal box at Pasture Street, Grimsby. A Northern 153 passes over the single line at this point.
The overall roof at Grimsby Town station was renewed in the 1970s and is seen here protecting 31437's train in 1986.
To the west of Grimsby Town station was Friargate Crossing signal box, long closed now, but still open in 1980.
Not far away is People's Park, a pleasant green spot for the townsfolk.
Close to People's Park was the Hainton Inn. Only selling keg beers, it later became a restaurant, but is now closed. 1980 saw a visit by the morris men.
Hainton Street signal box controlled a level crossng on the former Louth line. There was a passenger halt here once.
Back towards the town centre, we happen upon Lincolnshire Road Car's depot, where this Bristol MW was found in 1977.
Road Car's servces used a small bus station in town.
Aplpleby's of Conisholme also terminated/started here.
Nowadays, Stagecoach is the main operator and uses the new bus station.
Found in a council yard in Grimsby was ex Road Car Bristol L type, sometime around 1973/4. Note, on the left, the old rolling stock from the Cleethorpes Miniature Railway.
A long vanished bus operator, "Ada No. 2", outside the County Hotel in Grimsby.
The County Hotel, on Brighowgate, is still in business today.
A more unusual pub is The Barge, moored in the old River Head dock, next to the present bus station.
Here is an old view.
On the other side was Wetherspoon's (Lloyds No. 1) Ice Barque. It's now shut.
Wetherspoons still have a presence in Grimsby, in the form of the Yarborough Hotel, by Grimsby Town station.
We can stay the night there. In the next post there are a couple of other things to look at, before heading out of town.
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