Warm welcome for seaside mural starring Red Arrows

A mural celebrating seaside heritage and the role of the armed forces has been unveiled in Cleethorpes.

A space near the Memorial at the Promenade has been transformed by the work of five local artists alongside volunteers who are recovering from addiction and trauma.

The colourful mural includes depictions of the Red Arrows flying over the town's pier during Armed Forces Day, along with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

Sam Delaney, from organiser Creative Start Arts, said the warm response from residents had been "overwhelming".

"All murals we do are linked to the heritage of the area. We wanted something that lent itself to the seaside and we wanted it to be a community mural with many people involved," he said.

Creative Start Arts is a not-for-profit group that runs projects to help people rebuild their lives.

"We are a recovery organisation and arts and health group," Mr Delaney added. "We involve people who are in the process of recovery, so maybe recovering from addiction, trauma and we involve them in the painting and we empower them."

About 25 people worked on the artwork. It has been named after a Facebook group called We Love Cleethorpes, as a "token of thanks" to members who posted pictures and offered words of support about the mural.

Dogma, a local artist who worked on sections of the mural, including images of the Red Arrows, said it had been a "great collective effort".

The mural is part of a wider regeneration scheme funded by the government's Coastal Communities project.

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