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 Acle, Fishing at the Bridge c1929 (ref. A204037) | As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call. Many are the little ships of adventure which lower their masts and sails to pass beneath'. The early Victorian bridge was once the scene of more dubious activities—criminals were executed here by being hanged from the parapet. |  Add your own Memory Add to your Album |
 Aldborough, The Black Boys c1955 (ref. A278003) | Fisher's store is selling Raleigh, Rudge and Humber cycles. To its right is a fish and chip shop, which must rely on a good degree of passing trade. The 'Black Boys', with its multi-paned windows and pantiled roof, is a classic village inn, small and intimate. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Blakeney, Post Office Corner c1950 (ref. B121025) | The town is studded with fine brick and flint houses with steep pantiled roofs—on the right is the flamboyant brick and pebble Barclay's Bank. Hayward's the confectioner and newsagent, on the left, has retained its attractive wooden facia and ornamental painted signboard. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Blakeney, the Regatta c1955 (ref. B121087) | Standing on the fringes of the Norfolk marshes, Blakeney like Cley, once knew busier days. Its capacious natural harbour, protected from the sea by the long spit of sand, Blakeney Point, attracted coastal trading vessels until the early years of this century. The landscape offers bird- watchers an irresistible mixture of dunes, saltings, mud-flats and creeks. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Caister-On-Sea, the Holiday Camp c1955 (ref. C450025) | For many working people life after the War was gray and utilitarian. Holiday camps like Caister's offered inexpensive breaks for the whole family - with all costs included. The chalets were spartan, but there was the certainty of meeting new friends as well as a plethora of free activities. A good time was assured for all. The family tricycle was always a popular attraction. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Caister-On-Sea, High Street c1955 (ref. C450078) | Although there are many pleasant cottages in the vernacular brick and flint, the modest village street does not reflect Caister's illustrious history. Caister's Castle was built by Sir John Fastolf when he returned from the French wars. Having led the English archers at Agincourt, he was seeking well-deserved repose and retirement. The castle later passed to the Paston family, its chequered history described in their famous letters. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Castle Acre, the Old Gate 1891 (ref. 29111) | Spanning the narrow street of this hill-top village, which rests high on the chalk uplands overlooking the River Nar, is this monumental arch, ancient gateway to the castle, which lies ruinous close by. Though castle and gateway were Norman-built, the settlement's origins are still more ancient, for it stands on the line of the Peddar Way, an ancient Celtic. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Cley, Windmill 1933 (ref. 85836) | This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past. Silting of the waterway presaged the decline of Cley's influence, and coastal vessels now pass it by. The fine old windmill dates from 1713, and guards the town from the open marshlands. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Coltishall, the Village 1902 (ref. 48166) | Horses graze the rich meadows that keep the waters of the River Bure from the village street. Handsome pantile-roofed red-brick houses line the grassy banks. A rotted hulk squats in a narrow inlet. To the left of the picture are shallow-roofed warehouses. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Coltishall, the River 1902 (ref. 48159) | An old boatman with a bright neckerchief sits on his oars, having rowed a passenger to this quiet backwater amongst the reedbeds. She stands at the water's edge enjoying the birdsong and the vistas of open water. It is late afternoon and at last there are long, cool shadows to refresh the weary. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Cromer, the Lifeboat 1922 (ref. 72651) | Cromer's lifeboatmen are renowned for their gallantry. Henry Blogg, coxswain of the 'Louisa Heartwell', pictured here, was the most decorated lifeboatman in Britain, earning three gold and four silver medals, the George Cross and the British Empire medal for his bravery. Most of the Cromer rescues were carried out on the treacherous Haisboro' Sands. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Cromer, the Pier 1902 (ref. 49062) | Cromer's 500ft-long pier was built in 1901 to replace a landing jetty destroyed by gales in 1897. In the storms of 1953 it was damaged again. A young woman stands with her grandmother a little along from the Bath Hotel. They encapsulate the fundamental changes in fashion that occurred during the first years of our century—the older woman must be sweltering in her dark, burdensome Victorian gown. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Cromer, the Lighthouse 1894 (ref. 33325) | A young lad sits on the grass on the sheltered inward side of the cliffs. The new lighthouse perches on the most prominent point, its powerful beam sweeping nightly across the dark sky and spilling its light over the walls of the parish church like a searchlight. The church itself was once used as a sea mark by mariners. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Cromer, the Sands 1899 (ref. 44485) | The beach was the centre of fun and frivolity. The flags are flying and a throng of holidaymakers waits to board a fleet of row boats for a trip along the coast. Though Cromer crabs were famous and plentiful, the Cromer fishermen welcomed the opportunity to make a few extra shil- lings from the summer trade with their boats. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Diss, Market Place 1925 (ref. 77322) | Diss, this small, stylish town on the Suffolk border evolved around a six-acre pool called Diss Mere which penetrates almost to the edge of the main street. The town prospered in medieval times as a market for cloth and linen thread, which was spun and woven from local flax. The poet John Skelton was rector here for a quarter of a century. The spacious market place is dominated by the venerable flint church of St Mary's with its Norman tower, 14th-century arcades, impressive clerestory, and knapped flint chancel. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Downham Market, High Street c1952 (ref. D149011) | Like so many of its neighbours, Downham Market was a river port of some importance until railway workings cut it off from the waters of the Ouse. Perched on high ground at the fringes of the Fens, it is a town that conceals its long history—rich finds of Romano-British pottery confirm that it was a considerable settlement in Roman times, with peat being dug in huge quantities. The town presents a mellow and harmonious face to the visitor. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 East Dereham, 1893 (ref. 33308) | A quiet lane on the fringes of the town. Washing dries in the breeze in the gardens of plain, mellow cottages. In the background are the two towers of St Nicholas's church. George Borrow, the 'gentleman gypsy', was lucky to have been born in this pleasing old country town. It enjoys a prosperity founded on more than its agricultural and market traditions—engineering works were established here in Victorian times and Dereham grew into one of the busiest centres of commerce in central Norfolk. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 East Dereham, Church Street 1893 (ref. 33303) | This lovely street, fringed with cobbles, leads down to the White Lion Inn and the old church, where the poet William Cowper, 'England's sweetest and most pious bard', was laid to rest. On the left is Mr Kerrison the butcher's ornamented shop front, with a refined iron balcony overhead. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 East Runton, looking East 1933 (ref. 85828) | Poorly compacted, and composed of glacial drift, the cliffs of the north Norfolk coast have been compared to 'dirty tallow', being unstable and liable to erosion. A row of white beach huts trims the foot of the cliffs like a cuff. In the distance is Cromer pier. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 East Runton, High Street 1921 (ref. 70970) | East Runton offered visitors the same spectacular cliff scenery and ample beaches as its close neighbour, Cromer, but less of the noise and bustle. The Edwardian terraces in the foreground, with their bay windows and neat, walled gardens and railings, harmonise with the simpler cottages beyond. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
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