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- 43 photos on Cromer appear in 9 Frith books - View photos of Cromer
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Family connections with the 'Louisa Hartwell'.
My father and grandfather both served with Henry Blogg on the 'Louisa Hartwell' and my dad was one of the pallbearers when Henry Blogg died.
Contributed by Mrs M Wright
Norfolk memories
Family connections with the 'Louisa Hartwell'.
My father and grandfather both served with Henry Blogg on the 'Louisa Hartwell' and my dad was one of the pallbearers when Henry Blogg died.
A memory of Cromer contributed by Mrs M Wright
Pillbox on the cliff
I lived in East Runton as a child somewhere around 1960 and I have a couple of memories. More than likely they are for my own purpose but here goes. I used to play in the white pillbox that was up on the cliff edge. When I went back in 1992 it had fallen down to the beach by then and I really wanted to play in it again. Also in the center of the village there was a little pond. I fell in one time and it was really muddy and shallow and the botton was lined with little red bugs...creeped me out. Oh and one more thing Robert Brownsell and Eric Peters were my best freinds. I think Robert ...read more here
A memory of East Runton contributed by paul wilton
YH294 PANDORA
I spent all my younger July and Augusts at East Runton in my grandad's caravan on Stewarts caravan site. My sister Gaynor and I made good friends with brothers Mick and Graham Kilsby from Kettering.
I have many happy memories of hot summers and beach huts and a boat with the number YH294 Pandora on the side. Mick said one day "you know I'll remember that for the rest of my life" and do you know, I have .......wonder if he did!
A memory of East Runton contributed by MANDY johnson
Extracts From Cromer & Norfolk books
Cromer was one of the most fashionable resorts for gentlefolk in late Victorian Britain. The story of the town as a popular
holiday destination began when the railway arrived in 1877. Most of the hotels and holiday apartments were only made
possible after portions of the Cromer Hall estate were sold from the 1880s by Benjamin Bond Cabbell with the intention to
develop Cromer as a seaside resort. Most of the buildings in the foreground were less than 10 years old when this photo was
taken. To the right in the background, the old wooden jetty stretches out to sea. Partly washed away and severely damaged
by a storm in 1897, it was replaced by the pier in 1901.
An extract from from"Norfolk Coast Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Norfolk Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Norfolk Pocket Album".
A view towards the sea along a quiet backstreet of Edwardian terraces. Many of these houses rented out rooms to summer lodgers who were unable to afford bed and board in more prestigious hotels. Mortimer’s shop on the right is offering rolls of decorative linoleum and dress fabrics.
An extract from from"Norfolk Photographic Memories".
Building work carried on apace in the town in an attempt to keep up with the influx of visitors. Hotels and lodging houses sprang up in the narrow streets radiating out from the church square. On the right are bathing machines which have been towed down into the water so that ladies could enjoy discreet dips in the shallows.
An extract from from"Norfolk Photographic Memories".