Exhibition: Minesweepers, Matilda Tanks & Morrison Shelters

The exhibition will tell the story of the Second World War from a local perspective using photographs, documents and artefacts.

Included in the display will be items relating to a Grimsby airman who dropped food parcels from his Lancaster, a lad from Brighowgate Children’s Home who served on the cruiser HMS Sheffield, and a Cleethorpes soldier who took part in the D-Day landings.

Visitors will also be able to see items connected with a Matilda tank named “Grimsby”, the presentation Spitfires that were financed by local people, and the air raid shelters that were constructed to protect the civilian population. The exhibition will also feature items relating to Lincolnshire’s many aerodromes and the aircraft types that could be seen over the county during the war years.