EAW005072 ENGLAND (1947). The seafront and town, Great Yarmouth, from the north-east, 1947

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Details

Title [EAW005072] The seafront and town, Great Yarmouth, from the north-east, 1947
Reference EAW005072
Date 11-May-1947
Link
Place name GREAT YARMOUTH
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 653242, 307712
Longitude / Latitude 1.7407624926999, 52.607685930758
National Grid Reference TG532077

Pins

A (as then) surviving (repair shed) building from the 1stWW Royal Naval Air Station. Later modified in the 2ndWW to be a large complex pillbox. http://www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk/gazeteer/home-front-defence-sites/england/norfolk/great-yarmouth-air-station/

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Tuesday 18th of January 2022 01:30:37 PM
Two (as then) surviving buildings from the 1stWW Naval Air Station.

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The Empire Theatre

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Wellington Pier

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Wednesday 11th of October 2017 09:55:15 AM
View from Britannia Pier looking North

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Thursday 29th of August 2013 11:56:11 AM
Britannia Pier

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User Comment Contributions

An interesting picture . It shows repairs to the pier after it was cut in half in case of a German invasion in 1940

It is possible to walk around the pier on the beach at the sea end as the beach has made up so much in the last few years.

pebble
Saturday 19th of October 2013 03:26:06 PM