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GRIMSBY CALLING : Yesterday's Headlines from Lincolnshire's Famous Fishing Town - Jim Wright

GRIMSBY CALLING

Yesterday's Headlines from Lincolnshire's Famous Fishing Town

By: Jim Wright

eBook | 20 July 2021

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Events from Grimsby's colourful past are recalled in this fascinating retrospective.

When, for instance, Spanish flu hit Lincolnshire's famous fishing town, people queued to buy quinine - thought to be an effective remedy for the potentially lethal disease.

On a different tack, sharks were an unusual catch for one fishing vessel - and their meat was dispatched to London Zoo to feed the resident polar bears.

And how did the famous umbrella of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain - the one he took with him on his visit to Munich for talks with Hitler - end up being auctioned in Grimsby?

These and other stories from yesteryear are recalled just as they were reported at the time.

And they all make for fascinating reading.

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