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Sheringham, Fishermen Mending Crab Pots 1906
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Sheringham fishermen pursued not only crabs and lobsters but herring, cod and whiting. They were the traditional enemies of Cromer men, who referred to them disparagingly as 'Shaddocks'. Nets were regularly cut and battles fought. Their hazel or oak pots are kept stable on the seabed with a cast iron weight. Can you guess which of the fishermen are 'Red Eye' West, 'Lotion Tar' Bishop and 'Bumshee' West? (They are the three in the centre).

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A Selection of Memories from Sheringham

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Grand Hotel Sheringham
I watched, with my young son, this wonderful Victorian building being demolished in 1974. Being such a huge Hotel, it became untenable. Part of it was, I recall made into flats, but after a time this apparently was not popular. So like The Sheringham Hotel, the inevitable was decided. I am completely dedicated to collecting vintage postcards of Sheringham. I would like to know when The Mo (a house ...see more
Sheringham, Grand Hotel 1901
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Sheringham What A Welcome Place
I was a regular visitor when we were stationed at West. Beckham RAF Station. We would bike down that steep hill at Upper (it was murder going back!). I remember the theatre, the picture house, the crab sandwiches on the seafront, the rippling pebbles on the steep beach, the lifeboathouse, it even had a girl called Marigold, I had never heard that name before, she worked at one of the shops near ...see more
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Over The Bump To Play Football
This photograph illustrates all too well the erosion of the cliffs. The profile of Beeston Bump seen in the background of this photograph compared with to day shows just how much land we have lost. My father used to speak of playing football as a boy on level ground beyond Beeston Bump, that is on the seaward side of the bump. Just off camera the Grand Hotel is ...see more
Sheringham, from West Cliff 1896
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Grand Hotel
I have just obtained a print of Sheringham promenade with a building on the left on top of a hill. I searched through these photos and came across the Grand Hotel - and that is the building in my picture. The date is 1890s. Does anyone know if this building still stands and if so is it still a hotel, or something else? Thank you.
Sheringham, Grand Hotel 1901
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