03/09/2026
🎉 48 YEARS OF BED CENTRE GRIMSBY… AND GRIMSBY HAS SEEN SOME THINGS! 🎉
This year marks 48 years of Bed Centre Grimsby and it got us thinking about just how much Grimsby and Cleethorpes have changed over the years.
Shops have come and gone.
Pubs have disappeared.
Buildings have changed.
Nightclubs have become memories.
And then there was that time FOUR LIONS escaped from a circus in Grimsby… 😳🦁🦁🦁🦁
Yes, that really happened.
In March 1991, four lions escaped from Chipperfield’s Circus in Grimsby and were loose for around an hour before being rounded up. One local man was injured during the incident.
So we want to hear from the people who remember old Grimsby and Cleethorpes…
👇 WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE TODAY WOULDN’T BELIEVE?
🏪 A shop you still miss?
🍺 A pub or club everyone used to go to?
🎡 Something from Cleethorpes that disappeared?
⚽ A GTFC memory that still makes you smile?
😳 A local story like the escaped lions that sounds completely made up… but absolutely isn’t?
And if you’ve got any old photos, PLEASE add them in the comments. 📸
We’ve watched this area change a lot in 45 years… but some of you can go back much further than us.
Let’s see how many Grimsby & Cleethorpes memories we can bring back. ❤️
We’ll start: who remembers the lions? 👀🦁