This delightful video recounts the transport history of the south bank of the River Humber and in doing so portrays everyday life as it was in the mid-20th century.  It recalls the trams of the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway, trolleybuses in Grimsby and Cleethorpes, steam trains and the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway and the Humber paddle steamers.

The Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway was the last English tramway to be completely abandoned, on 1 July 1961.  The original Great Central cars are featured together with trams bought second-hand from Newcastle and Gateshead.  Scenes include the workers’ tram convoys, the reversing arrangement at Immingham Town and the works crews whose role in carrying out running repairs was so crucial in the last years of operation.

The complex history of the street tramways prior to their gradual replacement by municipally-owned trolleybuses is explained.  A service between the bustling fishing town and relaxed seaside resort was operated by the crimson lake and cream trolleybuses of Grimsby jointly with the grey and blue trolleybuses of Cleethorpes.  Immediately following the merger of the two undertakings in 1957 additional colour was added by the appearance of trolleybuses in the Joint Board livery of blue and cream.  Interesting diesel buses in the Grimsby fleet included the unusual centre-entrance double-deck AEC Q and the ex-London Transport STL-type double-deckers bought to replace trolleybuses on the Freeman Street route in 1955.

In the same year that the trolleybus system closed, 1960, the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway opened.  The origin of the track and much of the rolling stock used on this line can be traced back to the battlefields of the First World War, having been used during the intervening years as part of a very extensive farm railway in Lincolnshire.  The locomotives were built in 1920.

The view of the transport scene is further broadened by views of steam operation on the local railway lines, sea-going ships at Immingham dock and the famous paddle-steamers crossing the River Humber.

Before a last look at the Grimsby and Immingham trams the video concludes with views of Cleethorpes 54 operating in service in Grimsby and, in 2001, at Sandtoft Transport Centre.  This trolleybus has been almost completely rebuilt after being rescued from a Grimsby scrapyard in 1968 and profits from this video will contribute to its final return to operational condition.

With many facets of background interest such as long-gone shops and fashions purchasers are unlikely to be disappointed with this nostalgic tour of a remarkably varied transport scene.