Coltishall, At The Locks c.1930
Photo ref: C417007
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Coltishall was a prosperous town in the 18th and 19th centuries, when trade was carried by river rather than the road. It had malthouses and shipbuilding yards: the last trading wherry on the Broads was built in the Anchor Street boatyard here in 1912.

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