Mundesley, The Ship Hotel c.1955
Photo ref: M109065
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Photo ref: M109065
Photo of Mundesley, The Ship Hotel c.1955

More about this scene

The Ship was described as one of the 'three good inns' of Mundesley in 1845. Among the facilities offered by the hotel were a quoits bed and bowling green. The problem was its proximity to the cliff edge. Concerns were aroused after a number of incidents where bowls fell over the cliff and narrowly missed people on the beach below.

A Selection of Memories from Mundesley

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Mundesley

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When I was 12 years old my family came to Mundesley for the first time. We stayed in the Manor Hotel. It was me, my brother, mother and father and my lovely grannie. I remember loving my stay here, the food was excellent, the people so friendly and being kissed in the swimming pool by a boy who was older than me called Robert. (Maybe that's what brought me back many many years later to live in ...see more
I was born on 18 September 1962 in my mum & dad's bedroom at AMQ6, Fraser Crescent, Mundesley-On-Sea. Dad was a corporal telephonist (Tom Gill) at RAF Trimingham while mum was kept busy bringing up my 4 siblings, all of whom are much older than me. When I was born Norma was 16, Joyce 15, Thomas 13 and Anne 12. Norma worked at the Royal Hotel in Mundesley which is very much still there now, and I in fact stayed there ...see more
We lived at number 3 Fraser Crescent from 1958 until 1962. My father was an airman at the time. My brother was born in the prefab in 1960. Imagine my delight to recognise myself in the photo. I am the taller girl in the patterned dress on the right of the picture. Mum's rule was that I must not go through the gate without her. As you can see, we are standing beside the road. This is why I am not facing the front. I ...see more
I worked at the Hotel Continental as a receptionist in 1979, my boyfiriend was the restaurant manager and we got married in the August and were given a day off and had an informal reception in the bar afterwards. It was a great place to work. I remember there were chickens outside the nursery and we stayed on in the winter to help decorate (it was only open for the season) and looked after them - they never laid ...see more