Pinchbeck, Bert – Ran a mobile grocery around Harrowby

 Bert Pinchbeck (1923-2011)

George Herbert ‘Bert’ Pinchbeck, was born in Welham Street, Grantham, the elder son of Jim and Nell Pinchbeck.

From the National School he won a scholarship to Grantham King’s School and on leaving worked in the offices of Bjorlows, Earlesfield Lane. He worked there for nearly 30 years, with only a break for wartime service with the Royal Corps of Signals in the Middle East.

There he met his future wife Barbara (Blackmore). They had two children.

In the 1960s, the couple took over the mobile grocery business formerly run by Barbara’s father, Joe Blackmore, which operated in the Queensway area. They had also operated the mobile canteen in Wyndham Park at weekends.

Bert was a keen darts player in his early days, turning out for Castlegate pubs the Beehive and Spotted Cow. He played bowls for Bjorlows and was a keen angler throughout his life.

Following retirement the couple moved to live in Skegness.

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