“Tim has a point one of the grants was from N.E.Lincolnshire council us the tax payers money.
I keep reading Chris Shaw you got it wrong it¿ Councilman Shaw, and what councillor Shaw want he receives from N.E.Lincolnshire.
He complains all the time about damage to this paper so when the CCTV is installed for the car park use it¿s situated at both of his stations, how convenient, the north prom is car park considerably longer then the boating lake car park and it has only one camera at the railway station and the central prom car park has none.
The boating lake belongs to us the people of Cleethorpes it¿s held in a trust for us, and looked after by the council, question I ask is why give a ninety nine year lease out to the property that belongs to us the people, this means the council has no control over that land, the norm would be a twenty year lease.
Councillor Shaw really can¿t put a foot wrong has a pub in the station, given council car park land for his employees to park on, was given land to extended his track, all these and more that N.E.Lincolnshire has seen fit to give him has increased the value of the light railway and to top it of a ninety-nine year lease.
If Councillor Shaw put as much effort into his ward the Sea Front and N.E.Lincolnshire did the same then Cleethorpes would be a brighter place, rather then just the boating lake.
This my seem like sourer grapes but the questions need to be asked about the relationship between Councillor Shaw and N.E.Lincolnshire.”

“Thankyou,gentlemen. This is MY social history. That info was important to me. I find it fascinating. Everyday lives. That is all. I remember a school chum hurtling into the ground at warp nine. Why? Creapy,crawlies were eating HIS carrots. It was impressive. We may have only been 7,maybe 8 ? ,but his father gave the seed to him. The ones I tried were really nice.....Did he get the crawlies? Er. No.”

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Yes. One must surely concur. Mr & Mrs Shaw and their able and affable volunteers deserve full credit for a great achievement.
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p.s. I have to confess to making your look back with pleasure, myself.

It WAS the G.E.T. and with more things right than now it's the GT. Must be sammink to do with yoof !”

“The Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is strictly a miniature railway which was preceded by the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway of which you reminisce.

The original LCLR moved from Humberston, where it had operated from 1960 to 1985 to Skegness. The line ran from the bus terminus (and latterly, a Sunday market) to the Fitties Holiday Camp and Humberston Beach.

The p.s.'Lincoln Castle' Trust has photographs in its archive of this activity:
Contact by email at p.s.lincoln.castle@gmail.com where you may also obtain details, of course, of the iniquities of those concerned in the destruction of our sole remaining Grimsby public heritage structure, the original, unaltered, p.s. 'Lincoln Castle', listed in the National Register of Historic Ships at Greenwich as UNIQUE.

Reconstruction of the LCLR started in Skegness in the mid-90s by volunteers. The LCLR company is owned by a group of private shareholders and volunteers are welcome to assist under supervision in the operation, construction and maintenance of the line and its equipment. Access is only by permission of the owners and operators of the Skegness Water Leisure Park... Email: enquiries@skegnesswaterleisurepark.co.uk -- approaches from potential volunteers and specialist questions from railway enthusiasts should go by e-mail to CBates7147@aol.com. Photographs of significant developments on the LCLR are posted on the website called davesrailpics.co.uk which contains extensive galleries from the LCLR's history and redevelopment.

The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway should also be mentioned here, especially in view of that tremendously popular 'Forties Weekend' that's almost here for a phenomenally good day (or two!) out (add yr own http/wwwstuff):

lincolnshirewoldsrailway.co.uk/pages/home/contact-lwr.php or contact p.s.lincoln.castle@gmail.com

The station, platforms and signal box at Ludborough have been rebuilt, the track has been relayed and steam trains now travel to North Thoresby (where the whole village holds its '40s weekend in vconjunction with the railway's similar activities. At Ludborough there is a museum which has a fine collection of railwayana to remind you of days gone by.”

“Neil Clee 2, I cannot remember if the light railway was seasonal because even in the depths of winter somebody was tinkering with it or moving it about. I was a bit of a 'marsh rat' in those days. Cockling ,setting lines and digging big fat black lug out of the pools in the marsh. To be quite honest I rarely went down there during the summer months but I did have a friend who drove the battery powered trains between the bathing pool and Thrunscoe station during the summer season. Happy but muddy days.”

“For me,the 60's were a strange period in my life,JT. My parents had just bought a new house in Humberston. As I mentioned,Tetney Rd was my school. They were poor. I was surrounded by acres of fruit and veg that was not being picked. Why? Because it was not "the best of the best". We didn't care. Tasted alright to most of the road. A few of us formed a group and picked it. The owners got whatever they wanted,the rest was ours....Great. Till I got sent to that Grammar.......YUK ! Again.....And it meant we could catch a train......”

“Thankyou for that,JT. I was only young,and it was a long time ago. Do you know if it only ran in summer? It just felt at the time that most of my year was asking(very politely) farmers if I could have a look for produce they missed. My father paid the train/bus fare. The family got acres of veg,and I, ME,got to ride on a train. Whoopie ! And no,I ain't a "trainspotter". It was just that I never had that chance to catch one. The farmer/farmers received a bit more of their crop,due to me being lobbed out the house to collect their veg. I could not carry that much. Most went to the farmers. They managed to keep the family in fruit for several years. Then I went to Clee Grammar.....YUK !”

“The Anthonys bank rd.station of the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway was adjacent to the Beachy and the track that led down to the YMCA at South Sea Lane. That was its limit.”

“The Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway used to run from Anthonys Bank road to a stop near, but not quite at, the Foreshore Inn on what is now Thorpe Park.This was a narrow gauge railway, not a miniature railway like the Cleethorpes Coast Railway. It has since transferred operations to a site near Skegness.The original miniature railway next to the boating lake only went as far as the eastern end of the lake.This was Thrunscoe station. The other end was at the bathing pool. The council did at one time extend the miniature line to stop next to Buck Beck on the old golf links road.”

“"This is a very nice little railway" said Harry "I must tell the labour lady all about it" he exclaimed "it occupies my mind".”