Thorpe St Andrew, River Yare 1919
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Photo of Thorpe St Andrew, River Yare 1919

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John Sell Cotman, who founded the Norwich School of artists with Crome, was born in this riverside village in 1782. The banks of the Yare are thick with chestnuts and willows, and pleasure boats and dinghies glide through smooth waters between fine old houses. Thorpe is now almost a suburb of Norwich. Further down is the Rush Cutters pub.

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Memories of Thorpe St Andrew, River Yare 1919

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This boatyard belonged to my grandfather, Geoffrey John Hart (the gentleman standing at the back of the picture) and the young man in the front of the picture is Jack Ayton Hart, his son. The other son also worked there and his name was Dick. As children my mother, Yvonne, and my brother and myself all played here and learned to swim here too. The boatyard stayed Hearts Cruisers for many years after my grandfather sold it.