EVENTS from Grimsby's colourful past are recalled in this fascinating retrospective now available (price £1) as a Kindle e-book.
When a Spanish flu pandemic hit Lincolnshire's famous fishing town, people queued to buy quinine - thought to be an effective remedy for the potentially lethal disease.
On a different tack, sharks were an unusual catch for one fishing vessel - and their meat was dispatched to London Zoo to feed the resident polar bears.
And how did the famous umbrella of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain - the one he took with him on his visit to Munich for talks with Hitler - end up being auctioned in Grimsby?
These and other stories from yesteryear are recalled just as they were reported at the time.
And they all make for fascinating reading.
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