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Inside Information in Grimsby, Lincolnshire*

Grimsby, Lincolnshire Hookup Spots and Stuff Only Locals Know

Hook-up Spots (That hallowed spot where everyone hangs around with their mates dreaming of the time when they can get into the pubs or clubs - a bench, a corner: you name it.)

• Cleethorpes seafront
• sidney park if your under 16
• well willl every 1 stop slagging the barge off its not were loser hang out very intelligent townies hang out so ther also eny 1 who no,s dimes he got a new record shop great for music lover got alsorts its at the bak of trian station in regents arcade get down there but theres not much else in grimbo wich is why i living in machester hahahahah
• i think its definetly the front of the spiders web there is this totally mad lad called wez and he has the wildest hair u cud eva imagine.
• nunny shop fronts, top town precinct, cleethorpes front all well known places where the younger kids hang out.kids tend to avoid scartho, waltham etc. to high brow.
• Cleethorpes Arcades for teenagers, wintergardens under 18's disco,strictly no alcohol-ha, yeh right! RIBY SQAURE ha ha ha
• I USED TO HANG OUT BY DOUGHTY ROAD WITH MY BOTTLE OF FROSTY JACK WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND COULDNT GET SERVED IN PUBS
• in keelby - the places where ull find teens r 'the wall'(outside spar) 'the church wall' 'the bench'(riby rd) 'the roller'(playing field) 'the dyke' n sumtimes even in 'the woods' oh n ull find all the skrz @ 'the library' (not actually in it - round the bac of it)
• well, where to start? hasn't GY got the best places to 'hang out' cause there's nothing to actually 'do'... mine used to be People Park for getting lost on vodka binges and stoned escapism in the bandstand.. the 'Roster' (can anyone else remember that? or why the hell it was called it?) for yet more boozin and daredevil escapeds into that crumblin house, the floor collapsted one day I was in there. Of course there's St. James - although it's all changed now, or was that pond all a dream? Which was the best place on earth 10 years ago - arh! sun beating down, bottle of White Light'ning, some dope and an argument about Beefheart - bliss!
• Gullivers, so i'm told... well, it's good for greebos like me anyways...
• Everyone hangs around a corner shop called Star and they also get pissed!And drive around like maniacs.
• Any place except Nunny
• I am from Keelby, and have not been there for about 10 years now, but I in fact used to sit with various friends on the wall outside the Tateshopper. If you got to sit on this wall you were hard. Like sitting on the back seat of the school bus. I wasn't hard for too long though because I was skinny and goofy and didn't have a 'Capital Collection' jersey. Another good spot was the church wall. There wasn't much to do in those days, probably still isn't although I hear they have a cyber-cafe now.
• The barge is where all the grebos hang out!
• quantok park the spinny on the grange outside every single spar but cambridge roud and out side the one next to grimsby college
• the barracks behind , scaffa baths do any of you ever remember hanging out there in the early 80`s
• on the benches outside the barge is the best place to sample a good cross section of the local community,in-breeders,drunks,salty sea dogs,sk8 punx,weasel,gy yoof, young mums,fag cadgers,creazee wackee students, gangs of evil drunken drug addled lechrous twisted teenagers who want to mug you for their next fix.....
• dont forget to tell about the bronx the NUNSTHORPE ESTATE WHERE THE WORLDS FAMOUS DRUG DEALERS ARE
• The courts......A couple of sets of steps a nice blocky thing for board sliding and a bigger set of steps (mmmmm kickflip) watch out for the local drunk though (Barker is to be feared not for his fighting abilities but his deadly tongue and feet fetish) The spot is more or less in the town centre, and there are v. rarely security guards present! The Barge (local alternative pub with great punk / metal dukebox) is only a 3 minute walk!!!! Rock n' Roll!
• The sea front, any where with a carpark in new Waltham, the meggies carpark near to the grenich line of meridian, if thats what its called, oh yeah the carpark near to the yacht club boat house.
• GRIMBSY GROUPS OF THE 1960s (Swingin' 60s) Hi! For the past 7 years I have been writing a book on the rock music scene in Hull, York, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Scarborough, Lincolnshire and The East Riding during the Swingin 60s. The book will finally be published later this year and therefore I am doing one final trawl of the cities involved to see if anyone else has any info on Grimsby groups of the 1960s which they could help me with. I am particularly interested on knowing anything about Grimsby groups CALMEN WATERS and what happened to them, also The RUMBLE band (especially their line-up in the sixties). Equally I would love to hear from any other people who where in local groups during the sixties , including their memberships, potted history, any funny incidents or claims to fame. Groups could have been basic beginners or gained a recording contract. I am simply interesting in recording the history of anybody who was in a group during the area, during the swingin' sixties. Also, any info on the local scene at that time, where the gigs where. Anyone who can help me, I will of course mention it in my book. My email address is rmoody@england.com I look forward to hearing from you. Best Wishes Ray Moody
• Freshney Place A place for kids under 16 to annoy and bascally try and get banned from...aka Little Joe Winnings.
• could you send me information about the krem (skatepark)
• Ainslee street park(ex-cemetary)only 2 minutes from town center,very dark for the ugly goth bird you pulled in Gullies
• ANYWHERE in Waltham or New Waltham, masses of 14-year olds walking up and down the streets...
• The witches circle in weelsby woods
• Peoples park is a great spot if your underage and want to get pissed ! There is a great pond to go paddling in on those warm summer nights Warning dont take your car on there because the "people parkers " will demolish it and put it in the pond ! Cider is a speciality !!!!!!!
• If your 17 and just passed your driving test piss out of grimsby and do some 'boy racing' in your Nova (sorry P.J Lambett) in Cleethorpes were you can not fail to pull a grimsby or cleethorpes 16 years old slapper. Who will do the bis on the back seat of your car.
• franklin college -hell on earth but it makes the crap clubs and dodgy pubs all the better
• Everyone seems to congregate around the bus station with babies in tow.
• The benches outside The Barge. Come on, you all know you did when you were younger.
• The subway opposite St. James church is an ideal place to sit with a bottle of sherry and watch the world go by; or if you're feeling classy, why not crack open a can of 'BARNSTORMER' cider in Briggagate Bus station, and help people with their luggage off the bus?
• The Memorial Cross outside Littlecoats School, fond memories of my early teens, drinking special red cider, fighting shagging, them were the days!!
• Outside the Spar shop in Scartho Village, eating greasy yellow chips from Wongy's...oops, sorry the Bamboo takeaway!
• grimsby leisure center while at the "disco".
• Ere, well people tend to meet in the Wheatsheaf before deciding what dance club to go to. You don't even have to buy a drink.

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