By ‘OURS’ celebrates Grimsby’s rich heritage and culture
An exciting new scheme announced via NELC celebrates Grimsby’s history and culture.
The project ‘OURS’ is a series of eight banners celebrating some key points within that inheritance.
‘Ours’ has been installed on lamp posts on Freeman Street in Grimsby this week. Locals passing by can appreciate the heritage and culture of the area through strategically placed banners.
The images on the banners in the scheme cover key points in Grimsby’s history, on their website NELC outline the banners:
“1201: The Royal Charter: Grimsby was one of the first places in England to be granted a Royal Charter which gave freedoms, rights, and privileges to the Burgesses and freemen of Grimsby.
1890: Heyday of Freeman Street: see the trams, and the great image of “Gladys”, cycling down the road
1950: The pontoon: A painting by local artist, Dale Mackie, of lumpers bringing fish up from trawlers’ fish rooms.
1960: Peter Cullum’s poem: Take a walk down Freemo, gives you a snapshot of what the street was like in the middle of the last century.
1980: Resentment: A John Hopkinson painting, which encompasses the love-hate relationship that people have with Grimsby and its heritage.
1998: The Double. Where Grimsby won both the Football League Trophy Final and the Second Division play-off Final to reach the heady heights of the first division.
2021: Our green future. This banner features a drawing on the subject of renewable energy, a nod to the sustainable low-carbon future. The drawing was done by a child from St Mary’s Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy.
2022: Freeman Street Market – Best Small Indoor Market 2022.”
The entirety of the banners hopes to engage the locals in Grimsby’s heritage, history, and culture, to celebrate its past and now, and its future moving forward.
The banners were created by Paula Denton of Our Big Picture, in collaboration with local people.
