Grimsby: The Story of the World’s Greatest Fishing Port Oxford United FC Throughout the last century

Throughout the last century

This is a unique mix of historic and contemporary tales

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none has stirred greater emotion in him than White Hart Lane where history and tradition emanates through the noise from The Shelf side

Grimsby: The Story of the World’s Greatest Fishing Port Oxford United FC Throughout the last centuryGrimsby was a Victorian phenomenon. In the space of 100 years, from 1800 to 1900, its population soared from 1,000 to 63,000 and went on rising until the town became the premier fishing port in the world. This is its story. The town was created by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company from nothing and it rose to become the world's premier fishing port. But, for reasons beyond its control, its importance has dramatically diminished