Author name: Richard Clarke

Both Immingham and Scunthorpe have a varied collection of 20th century housing styles, much of it originally built as local authority housing. Various styles were pioneered in each community, both inter-War and post-War. The above photo. shows one such pioneering post-War style, the ‘Airey house’, so named from the surname of the architect/designer (the photo. […]

Moving east to Immingham in 1900 the town seen today did not exist because the building/excavation of the Dock was not started until 1906, eventually officially opened by King George V in 1912. As with Alexandra Dock in Hull opened in the 1870s, Immingham Dock was built to export coal from the South Yorkshire coalfield,

Travelling east from Barton on Humber in 1900 the route went through (and still does) a number of spring-line villages at the base of the dip slope of the Lincolnshire Wolds before arriving at Immingham. These villages were/are Barrow on Humber, Goxhill and East Halton. The village of New Holland was mainly developed during the

If our time traveller back in 1900 (see blog 1 in this section) had crossed the River Ouse at the Booth’s Ferry Bridge and moved into the south bank of the Humber region what would he/she have found? Firstly, unlike on the north bank he/she would have found the road system very similar to today

Our time traveller back in 1900, when comparing then and now, may well decide that in terms of housing the differences in that of the rich and the homes of the poor have become less apparent since 1900. Compare, for example, Brantinghamthorpe Hall (see above) as photographed about 1900 and the mud and thatch huts

Before getting underway I have to admit to not having much knowledge of the topic for Grimsby, although I have some, and I can only repeat what many say that the historic heart of the town was all but destroyed when the Freshney shopping centre was created, a classic example of the ‘brave new (post-war)