Tributes paid to one of Cleethorpes' best-known shopkeepers Jim BrownBrown's fruit and veg shop on the corner of St Peter's Avenue and Sea View Street, Cleethorpes was where most hotels, restaurants and take-aways ordered their produceView 2 Images Trbutes have been paid to Jim Brown, who ran Brown's fruit and veg shop on St Peter's Avenue in Cleethorpes for many years (Image: Submitted)Tribute has been paid to one of Cleethorpes' best-known shopkeepers who supplied most of the restaurants, hotels and take-aways in the borough. Every customer remembered Jim Brown for his laughter, love, friendship and hard work every day at Brown's fruit and veg shop. ‌Sadly Jim died last week in the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby after a short illness, aged 87 years. He took over the shop on the corner of Sea View Street and St Peter's Avenue from his parents, Herbert and Ethel Brown. ‌When his parents retired Jim took over the shop, though he had worked in the shop since he was a teenager.