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How to Meet Women & Girls In Cleethorpes & Grimsby
It’s the perennial problem for the shy retiring bachelor . . . how do you meet girls or get a date if you live in Grimsby and Cleethorpes ?
I’ve thought about this and hit on a revolutionary new approach . . .
The adventures of a hapless bachelor
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A List of those Killed in Air Raids on Grimsby
Here is what I believe to be a complete list of all those who lost their lives in Grimsby during the German bombing raids of World War II
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Pyewipe Inn or Pewet Inn Grimsby ~ Almost a Mythical Place !
There’s an enigmatic and somewhat mysterious Public House or Inn listed on early Ordnance Survey maps of the area in which I live, it’s long been a bee in my bonnet and something of ever greater interest to me.
The thing is - it’s all rather frustrating . . .
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Cold War Grimsby & a Special Girl !
A struggling golfer and a covert undercover watcher make up some of the snaps I’ve accumulated in the last week or so.
And for those who think there’s no female in my life 
A disparate selection of pictures (not photographs !) in A Week in Pictures . . .
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Thimbleby ~ The Village, Church and Cottages
An exploration of the history behind this small village in Lincolnshire with some nice photographs and a HUGELY important link to America . . .
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Cleethorpes Armed Forces Day
I was in Cleethorpes today for Armed Forces Day and a fine afternoon it was too, check it out, plenty of pictures too, including one of an extremely handsome and youthful looking man on the sea front !
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What Do People Think of Me ?
I was given occasion today to wonder what impression I give to those who just see me or those who meet me briefly.
We all judge people on sight, first impressions count etc etc, I suspect though we subconsciously follow a set of stereotypes . . .
What judgement do you think other make of you ?
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Philosophical Musings
Introducing a new section for the site . . .
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Captain Vivian Hewitt
A brief biography of this very notable Grimsby born pilot who was a leading light in the earliest days of flying.
Another Lincolnshire man who should be much better known !
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Do Women Prefer Geeks and Nerds ?
Are women more likely to go for Geeks and Nerds during a recession or hard times ?
This and other snippets in Winners and Losers . . .
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Church of the Good Shepherd Little Coates
I came across across this quite by accident in a book whilst trying to find out more about the local history of the Grimsby area and specifically Little Cotes (as was)
Why hadn’t I heard of it before and what exactly was it ? I thought it would be easy enough to find out . . .
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What’s it Like Living Life as a Spy ?
Good question and one I’m hoping to be able to answer
I shall be living my life according to ‘Moscow Rules’ - as though I were a spy during the Cold War and under constant threat from enemy agents
This could be my best plan yet 
And it started yesterday . . . hope you’ll read this and perhaps even join in via comments
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Chad Varah ~ Some People Really Do Make a Difference !
Rev Dr. Edward Chad Varah C.B.E. was a man who made a difference and left a legacy, what’s more he was a ‘Lincolnshire Lad’
If anybody deserves to be included on a Lincolnshire biased website it’s him - and my apologies for not doing so sooner
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Karen Maitland in Lincolnshire !
Best-selling mystery writer Karen Maitland is, very wisely, based in Lincolnshire and you can catch up with her soon at Cleethorpes Library.
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How Can I Move Forward with My Photography ?
Hope regulars will read this as it’s quite important, well to me at least
Am I approaching the point of giving it up as a serious pursuit ?
I had quite a dramatic, and somewhat depressing, moment of epiphany yesterday . . .
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The First Aeroplane Flights in Lincolnshire
A specific look at some of the very earliest aviation experiences open to the people of Lincolnshire in the form of ‘Pleasure Flights’ and so called ‘Joy Rides’
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When Will Cheques Be Banned ?
This and much more - winners and losers time folks
Banks want to stop the cheques facility and move everybody onto using plastic - I wonder if they’ll give a guarantee to everybody in business that they can have credit card merchant baking facilities in order to take people’s cards !
Wispington in Lincolnshire Church & Village History
What is the story behind the Lincolnshire village and church in Wispington
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A Lincolnshire War Grave
I always think a good photograph should move you in some way or another, here’s one that moved me
It’s time for a week in pictures again including one shocking photo of me taken a long time ago !
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Why Do I Like Sitting in Church Graveyards ?
I’ve taken to doing something, almost daily nowadays, and wondered just why it is so easy to find some sort of peace and satisfaction in a churchyard.
Something a little different and I hope you’ll read, possibly even share your thoughts . . .
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