IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Weelsby Road, GRIMSBY, DN32 8PL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Weelsby Road, DN32 8PL by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (36 Images Found)
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Entrance to Weelsby Woods
There are two lions that stand either side of the main entrance to Weelsby Woods. The lions are apparently over 100 years old. They were renovated and cleaned in 2006 and subsequently look different to how I remember them!
Image: © Johnny Spangles
Taken: 2 Dec 1981
0.02 miles
3
Information plaque for the Weelsby Bear
Image: © Steve Fareham
Taken: 5 Sep 2014
0.04 miles
4
Squirrel Artefact at entrance to Weelsby Woods
Image: © John Firth
Taken: 16 Jun 2012
0.04 miles
6
Wojtek the war-loving soldier bear, Weelsby Park, Grimsby (2)
The bear's regiment, which became the Carpathian Lancers, who stayed in a military camp at Weelsby Woods while awaiting demobilisation at the end of the war. The bear's name means “happy in war”!
The bear himself never came to Grimsby but was taken in by Edinburgh Zoo at the end of the war, and passed his last years there.
See https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/276893/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhUEFfBRHns and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVu3RX2YxPw
Image: © Chris
Taken: 28 Jan 2023
0.05 miles
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Wojtek the war-loving soldier bear, Weelsby Park, Grimsby (3)
The real, living Wojtek the Bear was the mascot of the Polish Carpathian Lancers, who were based at Weelsby at the end of the war, awaiting demobilisation. His carer is the lady in the picture, Christine Bojen, who is the daughter of one of the Lancers, Tadeusz Piotriwski, who was decorated for bravery.
The bear was adopted as a cub in Persia in 1942 and became a working animal, who carried things for a living and had his own army identity and rations. His name means “happy in war”!
The bear himself never came to Grimsby but was taken in by Edinburgh Zoo at the end of the war, and passed his last years there.
See https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/276893/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhUEFfBRHns and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVu3RX2YxPw
Image: © Chris
Taken: 28 Jan 2023
0.05 miles
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Wojtek the war-loving soldier bear, Weelsby Park, Grimsby (1)
"How easy is a bush supposed a bear" - with apologies to Shakespeare!
The real, living Wojtek the Bear was the mascot of the Polish Carpathian Lancers, who were based at Weelsby at the end of the war, awaiting demobilisation.
He was adopted as a cub in Persia in 1942 and became a working animal, who carried things for a living and had his own army identity card etc. His name means “happy in war”!
The bear himself never came to Grimsby but was taken in by Edinburgh Zoo at the end of the war, and passed his last years there.
See https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/276893/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhUEFfBRHns and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVu3RX2YxPw
Image: © Chris
Taken: 28 Jan 2023
0.05 miles
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One of the Lions of Weelsby Woods
Lions stand either side of the entrance to the car park at Weelsby Woods.
Image: © Steve Fareham
Taken: 8 Nov 2012
0.06 miles