Quantcast
Channel: Grimsby Telegraph Latest Stories Feed
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 9372

Don't miss chance to get your selfie on Grimsby's new bus super-stop The Riverhead Exchange

$
0
0

DON'T miss your chance to be one of the faces of Grimsby town centre's new bus super-stop.

The new facility officially opens on July 18, and council bosses want North East Lincolnshire residents to be part of it.

The Riverhead Exchange, which was named following a competition run in the Grimsby Telegraph, will provide an indoor waiting area with toilets, a cafe and real-time travel information for bus passengers.

It will be located in a vacant unit on the Riverhead and is part of the council's £6 million revamp of the town centre.

One of the interior walls of the building will be given over to a huge "selfie" montage made up of residents' transport-related photographs.

And the council is inviting everyone to send in their best selfie snaps.

The only conditions are that at least one of the people in the picture is a resident of North East Lincolnshire and that the overall theme of the photo is sustainable transport related.

For example, photos could be of:

A group of friends travelling to school on the bus.

A cyclist with a local landmark in the background.

A bus or taxi driver.

A pedestrian walking to work.

A family going on holiday waiting at a train station.

Among those to send in their snaps were 11-year-old twin sisters Paige-Rose and Jamie-Lee Camburn from Cleethorpes.

They were pictured together on the number 9 Stagecoach bus while travelling to a dance lesson at Mayfair Dance Academy.

Their mum, Louise McNaughton, of Lovett Street, said: "My twins love every opportunity there is to take a selfie and they said they would be super-excited and amazed to be on the selfie wall."

And Rebecca Jackson, of Cleethorpes, sent in a snap of herself with family while travelling on the Whitby Steam Bus. She said: "I read in the Telegraph about the transport selfies and I remembered that we had been on the steam bus in Whitby which is the only one in the world.

"I think the selfie wall is a great idea. Everyone takes selfies nowadays and they bring smiles to other people's faces."

Councillor Chris Shaw, leader of the council, said: "The Riverhead Exchange will provide the travelling public with a fantastic new facility and we want residents to feel part of this development.

"The selfie wall will be a great way of celebrating sustainable transport in North East Lincolnshire and I'm looking forward to seeing how creative our residents can be."

Photographs can be submitted electronically to simon.faulkner@gsmg.co.uk, posted to Simon Faulkner, Editorial, Grimsby Telegraph, 80 Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby DN31 3EH or handed in to the Grimsby Telegraph reception.

All entries must be received by Friday, July 4.

The grand opening of the Riverhead Exchange will take place on Friday, July 18, with an all-day event featuring a farmers market, entertainment and exhibitions.

Keep checking your Grimsby Telegraph for more details.

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter

VIEW PICTURE GALLERIES www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/pictures

Don't miss chance to get your selfie on Grimsby's new bus super-stop The Riverhead Exchange


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 9372

Trending Articles



<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>