Horsey, the Windmill c1955

Beales Family Tree

My great-great-grandfather George Beales owned the Pleasure Boat Inn. He ran a wherry boat from there in about 1890. I am looking for more information about this and for pictures of the Beales family - in anyone can help, please get in touch. Mike Beales mabeales@aol.com

Hot Summers

Growing up in the village the summers always seemed hot! This photo shows my dad Len on the left walking to the right. So much more memories come to the fore, even the registration of the Commer van on the right.

Walter Shreeve

Walter Shreeve (Tiny) was my great-grandad, he was a one-time weight lifter, wrestler and boxer and a swimming coach in Great Yarmouth and Norwich. As a swimming coach he had many national champions. He coached at the Gorleston Pool and also the Eagle, Swan and the Samson swimming pools in Norwich. He was born in 1905, and he died in 1955 aged 50.
If anyone has any information or stories about Walter please could you email me.
Yours sincerely,
Erica Jordan

Edward Shreeve, Coastguard

Eddy Shreeve was my great-great uncle, he was a coastguard at Winterton during the 1950s. He then went on to be a coastguard at Yarmouth. He retired to Walton on Naze befor he died in 1985 aged 78.

Does anyone have any information or stories about Eddy? We would be very grateful if you would email some to us.   
     
Yours sincerely,

Erica Jordan

PS. Also my great-grandad Walter Shreeve was a swimming coach in Great Yarmouth and Norwich in the 1940s, he coached at the Gorleston pool and the Eagle, Swan and Samson swimming pools in Norwich. He also did weight lifting, boxing and wrestling. He coached many national champions in swimming.

Walter was born in 1905 he died in 1955 aged 50. If anybody has any information or stories about Walter please email me.

Yours sincerely,

Erica Jordan

        

School holidays

I feel I could write a book as the memories were brilliant! We used to spend the whole summer there and I cried when I had to leave. I remember the boatyard which was run by Mr May, his son was called Billy and he was my brother's best friend. My mom used to give me 6d to go into Lathams and buy maggots to go fishing, and I would sit all day by Mr May's shop and watch the boats struggling to go under the bridge. My dad would take us sailing on the Broads even up to last year before my parents passed away, we would ALWAYS sit and talk about the memories they had and when they spoke not once was there anything said that they regretted. I'll always have great memories of both which I'm so pleased I can remember and also keeps me feeling young.