Last few days: Exhibition in Cleethorpes marking 60th anniversary of East Coast floods
The Grimsby Telegraph is staging an exhibition of photographs and old front pages to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1953 floods that devastated the Lincolnshire coast on the night of January 31.
From 5.30pm and throughout that night, the sea defences from Cleethorpes to Skegness began to crumble, as a great storm battered the coast.
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The Grimsby Telegraph is staging an exhbition of 100 photographs and front pages to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the East Coast floods at Cleethorpes Discovery Centre, from February 15 to March 4.
Forty-three people died in Lincolnshire alone that night as the greatest natural disaster to hit the East Coast struck.
More than 6,000 were evacuated as a 68-mile stretch of coastline disappeared under water.
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Of course, the Grimsby Telegraph was there to capture the disaster and the aftermath – the damage, the human interest stories, the heartache.
As well as a series of articles in the Telegraph, the exhibition at Cleethorpes Discovery Centre, which is running until March 4, includes 100 photographs and front pages, reminding readers of the tragic stories, such as the body of the six-month-old baby found buried in sand, to the tales of heroism and royal visits.
View a picture gallery of some of the images at www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk
5 Comments
by DerAngriff
Thursday, February 28 2013, 4:16PM
“Houses in Cleethorpes aren't made from wood.”
by EWW01
Thursday, February 28 2013, 3:33PM
“Very disappointed with the exhibition,the vast majority of the photographs were of Mablethorpe,that's ok iand of interest f you are from that area.
Apart from a few photo's of the North Promenade of Cleethorpes that was it.
What about photo's of Grimsby Road and its side streets surely some were taken.”
by voxpax
Tuesday, February 12 2013, 5:07PM
“I agree with Fitties!, the fitties camp hasn't closed this winter. NELC lost again LOL”
by Fitties1
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 6:21PM
“Maybe if the Council read it and realised that Cleethorpes was badly hit as well and yet they dont want this area evacuated during Jan / Feb
In 2007 it was June or July and the flooding was caused by rain”
by Fittie-Fan
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 2:53PM
“I think it might be a good idea if the "50week fitties want it's" visited this frightening exhibition
It almost happened again in 2007
High tide
Low Air Pressure over the N Sea
High North Winds
I remember it!
My Family had a Beach Chalet on the Fitties
The scene was unrecognizable A landsacape changed and utter derelection
All the sea front was wrecked and the area along the seafont, including the docks in Grimsby
Great photgraphs.....
I wonder if they could be collected into a book?”