Memorial to 'Mr Cleethorpes' unveiled
Buster Hammond was part of the beach safety team.
Last updated 1st Sep 2021
A memorial has been unveiled today to remember a man known as "Mr Cleethorpes" who died last year.
Buster Hammond was part of the beach safety team for many years and known by hundreds of local people.
After his death a crowdfunding page was launched to raise money for a permanent tribute to him on the Central Prom.
The appeal raised enough to commission local company, Blackrow Engineering, to create a silhouette of Buster in the same style as the recycling artworks that are becoming a feature on the proms.
Colleagues from the Council’s Resort Team, said: "Buster was loved and adored by hundreds, if not thousands of people who saw him as the face of Cleethorpes.
"He had time for everyone and would arrive at work every single day with a huge smile on his face, a skip in his step, telling the same old jokes that still made you laugh on the hundredth time of hearing them.”
Meanwhile, Cllr Callum Procter, Cabinet member for tourism, said: “This is a lovely tribute to a lovely man. He’ll be forever watching over the resort, as he did when he was with us.”
The new silhouette has been installed near the pier.