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Historic maps of Newport and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Newport maps
Newport Jigsaws
We have just a few copies left of a 1,000 piece Jigsaw of Newport. The featured photograph is High Street 1910, Newport.
Why not create your own Jigsaw for Newport from 4 favourite Frith photos of the area? Available as 520 piece or 1,000 piece Jigsaws, you can choose any four Newport photos, or choose photos from other places too.
Newport area books
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Grandads Donkeys
I was most surprised to see my late grandfather William Mannall and possibly my uncle Paul with granddads donkeys ,which he had for many years on the beach at Hemsby and also later at Newport (uncle Paul). I had many gratis rides to encourage others and used to help with the tack and grooming. All in all I had many happy days at Hemsby with my Grandfather, my uncle Paul and of course the donkeys.
I nearly For got to thank my cousin Denise Brown who lives in Australia for guiding me to this photo, I can't thank her enough.
Holidays in Hemsby
In 1950 my family started staying at Hemsby for a holiday each year. Would you believe that in those days you couldnt even buy a bag of chips. There was a small amusement arcade in Beach Road and a few machines at the tea rooms on the beach.
In fact the only take away food was from the cockle stall opposite the Lacons Arms.
In those early days the highlight of the week was to go to the local police house(PC Juby) and Mrs Juby would cook us chips. My parents knew the Juby family from when they were stationed in Attleborough.
We continued to go to Hemsby for many years.
After I left home my parents continued visiting for holidays right up until my Fathers
Death in 1988 and i would always try to join them there for a couple of days.
Somewhere I must have some pics of the family taken by the photographer as we walked down to the Lacons Arms for a... Read more
Hemsby Illuminated Cottage Garden
I have many happy memories of going on holiday to Hemsby in the late 1960s and early 1970s. I remember we used to stay on the sand dunes in a wooden chalet-type building with no running water and an outside toilet, how times have changed. The one I thing do remember is a cottage with illuminated ornaments in the garden, I think they were models of old barrel-top gipsy caravans, but I may be wrong. I think the cottage had a thatched roof. It was situated near the top of Beach Road if I am not mistaken. I also remember the thatched roofed pub which I think had a fire and gutted the roof, this would have been about 1970 or thereabouts. I am sure someone reading this will correct me if I am wrong. It was a long time ago so the memory sometimes plays tricks. What I do remember most is the miles of clean sand and the sand dunes. We didn't need loads of money to play... Read more
Granddads Donkeys
I was most surprised to see my late grandfather William Mannall and possibly my uncle Paul with granddads donkeys ,which he had for many years on the beach at Hemsby and also later at Newport (uncle Paul). I had many gratis rides to encourage others and used to help with the tack and grooming. All in all I had many happy days at Hemsby with my Grandfather, my uncle Paul and of course the donkeys.
I nearly For got to thank my cousin Denise Brown who lives in Australia for guiding me to this photo, I can't thank her enough.
Holidays
My brother and I had holidays in the chalets on the top of the cliffs along with my parents and maternal grandmother. It always seemed hot and sunny and the whole two weeks was spent climbing along the cliffs, digging in the sand and swimming. In the evenings we played board games or took a walk to California Sands. Dad took us into Great Yarmouth on the Wednesday of each of our two weeks. It may seem very quiet and boring but looking back they are some of the happiest times I can remember. I seem to remember someone came round in a van and we always had the most wonderful doughnuts and peaches from them. There was also a water butt in the garden that Dad would dunk Peter and I in when we came back from the beach so we didn't trail sand into the bungalow. One year a man came to mow the grass on the top of the cliff and there was a bird nest which... Read more
The Best Holidays A Child Could Have
For many years in the late 1960s and early 1970s our parents packed up our 2 old cars and brought us 4 children from London and Yorkshire to Scratby. We would rent any number of holiday cottages, one called Clifton and one called Roma, that one remains in my heart, as the old lady opposite Roma worked at the Hippodrome Circus and when we resuced her dog once she got us free tickets. We would spend our days walking and adventuring on the cliffs hunting the lizards. We would walk to Hemsby along the cliff tops, and buy sweets from the corner shop on the front. We would go into Yarmouth and ride on the horses in cowboy saddles and had photos taken with the little monkeys in the shop. I am soon to return and desperately want to see how little it has changed, this is somewhere I would love to retire to. Thank you for being such a lovely holiday location for us children.
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
