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Buttermere Way, GRIMSBY, DN32 7EH

This side of Victor Street is old terraced housing.

This centre is situated on Victor Street.

These flats are situated at the junction of Wellington Street and Albion Street. The mature flowering cherry tree brightens the scene.

It will be interesting to see whether the projected new local authority development materialises or whether "efficiency savings" results in a vacant site for many years.

Photo taken from Wellington Street. Added note 15 Feb 2010: The BBC reports that Guildford Street is now due for demolition - see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/8515223.stm "A street in a North East Lincolnshire town which has been the scene of arson, drug dealing and violence for years is to be pulled down. Guildford Street in Grimsby is to be closed for good on Monday before demolition begins in a few weeks. More than 100 houses, which were originally built to accommodate fishermen, will be demolished. Cllr Steve Beasant said pulling down the street would "make great differences to people's life chances"."

In a town where the fish is king (despite the loss of the local trawlers) the name of the pub has nothing to do with cigarettes: see Image Traditional fish curers and smokeries still exist in Grimsby, and there is still an important international trade in fish, based at the fish market on the docks. See Image] and http://gtfsgroup.co.uk/ The pub is currently for sale.

St Mary on the Sea Catholic Church, Grimsby A stunning restoration has exposed beautiful wall paintings from 1908 in this Victorian church. The work has also uncovered the decorations on the chancel arch and the reredos screen. In 1869, Sir John Sutton purchased part of the Holme Hill Estate of Lord Heneage for the building of a church. Unfortunately Sir John died before it could be built. In the meantime, Canon George Johnson arranged for the building of the school and presbytery. Eventually the foundation stone for the church was laid in 1880 and Bishop Bagshawe of Nottingham officially opened it on 19th August 1883. The church has many stained-glass windows, the most impressive being the Hawkins Window, situated above the organ balcony and dedicated to the memory of Canon Hawkins, who died in 1913 and is buried in the Sacred Heart Chapel. The sanctuary has a wonderful reredos with paintings of archangels, evangelists and saints. In 1892, a local parishioner donated the richly carved pulpit in memory of her late husband. http://flickr.com/photos/riffraff1/381637712/