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Fishermen’s
Beach, No.
8052 in the Jarrold’s
Series
VIEW
THE POSTCARD ALBUMS HERE
1:
WEST CLIFF
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2:
GOLF LINKS
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3:
GRAND COURT
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4:
WEST BEACH
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5:
WEST PROMENADE
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6:
ADMIRALTY SLOPE
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7:
FISHERMEN
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8:
EAST BEACH 1
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9:
EAST BEACH 2
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10:
BEESTON BUMP
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11:
BEESTON PRIORY
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12:
TOWN
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13:
WOODLAND
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14:
PRETTY CORNER
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15:
UPPER SHERINGHAM
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16:
WEST RUNTON
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16:
EAST RUNTON
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COMING
SOON:
CROMER?
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A
POSTCARD FROM SHERINGHAM
We
take a look at Sheringham on the North Norfolk coast through
a series of picture postcards – hearkening back to those
golden days of the early 1900s through to the ‘Swinging
Sixties’ to when even Sheringham seemed to take part!
In
the early days – before digital cameras and mobile phones
– holidaymakers visiting our popular seaside town would
send back the ubiquitous ‘wish-you-were-here’ postcard
to their friends and family in ‘foreign’ parts.
But
did they enjoy their vacation in our town? Or was the
weather not to their liking? We all know what an easterly
wind can bring, don’t we?
In
time, we shall discover what our ‘visitors’ thought
of our town, Sheringham – ‘Twixt Sea and Pine’
– as I share their messages with you!
I’ll
also tell you something about the town of Sheringham; and
how, at one time, it was known as ‘Lower Sheringham’
when it was just a small fishing community by the sea.
At
an early stage, I decided to present my Sheringham Post Card
website as a pictorial trip from west to east – not necessarily
in chronological order – so we start our look at ‘old’
Sheringham on the West
Cliff, then amble over
the Golf
Links and back to the
Esplanade (or ‘Grand
Court’ as we used
to call it!) with the majestic Grand Hotel and, further down
opposite the Leas, the Burlington Hotel. Then, it’s time
to go down onto the West
Beach,
as we walk under the Marble Arch and down the west slope onto
the promenade.
A
visit to the RNLI Lifeboat Station is a must before walking
back along the promenade, passing the Admiralty
Slipway
on the way pausing to look at the fishing boats and, if we’re
lucky, see the old lifeboat – the Henry Ramey Upcher
– being launched from the boathouse at the top of the
gangway!
Then
it’s a short walk along the promenade to see the fishermen
at work on the East
Beach,
before continuing on our way to the far end, almost under
the shadow of Beeston Bump. A climb up the ‘Sixty Steps’
and we’re soon on the short walk to Beeston
Bump,
climbing to the top to view the town set out below.
It’s
time, now, to go into The
Town
and take a look around. There’s the Town Clock to see,
and St Peter’s Church to visit, amongst other things.
But
Sheringham isn’t just cliffs, beaches, pebbles and sand
you know, there’s also the Wonderful
Woodland
and Pretty
Corner,
and, in time, we’ll visit those as well. Then we’ll
take a look at Upper
Sheringham
and the church – captioned on one postcard as ‘Parish
Church, Sheringham’! A mistake, perhaps? Or maybe that
was when Sheringham was the ‘lower’ of the two.
So,
I do hope you’ll gain as much pleasure looking at my
Sheringham postcards as I do in collecting them. I aim to
add many new postcards each week, so please keep visiting.
I’m
also planning – some time in the future – to further
extend this site to feature postcards of Sheringham and Beeston
Regis’s neighbours, West Runton and East Runton, as I
have many of interest. Even Cromer might get a mention!
Finally,
just a bit about myself.
I
was bred-and-born (that’s Norfolk ‘du-diffrunt’
coming through!) in Sheringham or rather, to be more precise,
in Beeston Regis, although I’ve been living in south
Norfolk for more time than I care to remember!
However,
‘home is where the heart is’ – and mine will
always be in Sheringham! Visit my other website www.albiestales.co.uk
if you don’t believe me!
So,
to start browsing through my postcards of Sheringham, click
the images on the left, ie. ‘West Cliff Album’,
and enjoy, but, please bear with me as this website is still
under construction.
If
you would like to know more about my postcards please email
– I
look forward to hearing from you.
Best
regards
The
Boy Albie
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IN
MEMORIAM
This
website is dedicated to the memory of my beloved wife,
Aileen,
who passed away on Friday, 6 August 2010.
Aileen
near Beeston Bump during the summer of 2009. Sadly,
this was our last visit to Sheringham together.
Right: Aileen, in 1967, in the Aran jumper she’d
knitted. |
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Aileen
was not Norfolk born and bred, in fact she was born
in Scotland although lived in Solihull, Warwickshire,
from the age of 2½ years.
When
her parents retired, in August 1965, the family moved
to Sheringham and we met, in the November of that year,
and quickly became the best of friends.
On
once occasion, Aileen remarked to me: “I’d
always thought of Sheringham as a wonderful place to
do my courting!”
And
how right she was!
We
were married in 1967 – in Solihull. We had planned
to get married in All Saints, Beeston Regis, and had
had our Banns read there, but Aileen’s parents
– finding Sheringham too quiet for them –
had moved back to Solihull, so we were married there
instead. But it wasn’t the same as that lovely
little church in view of Beeston Bump.
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Aileen’s
memorial in the woods. |
We
left Sheringham and went to live in North Walsham for
three years, before moving to Wymondham, in south Norfolk,
where we spent the best part of
42 years of happy marriage together. Until that Friday
in 2010 when Aileen passed away so suddenly, without
warning, but thankfully at home with me by her side.
Even now, I miss my dearest Aileen so very much.
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