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Pauline Harwood: Harbour, old quay 1930s

old bullnosed quay with crane 1930s

old bullnosed quay with crane 1930s

I was left on the Quay with my Grandmother from London, – I wasn’t very old,- in a pram under the Spit and Lean. That was taken down when the coalyard was knocked into the Quay.  Blakes Coalyard was handy for the blacksmith’s shop across the road.

Round  the corner where the pigsties were and the steps used to go down to the sea my sister Audrey who was 7 years older than me used to take me and John down the steps and anybody dinghy that was there, we used to get in it and  row somewhere.  We used to do that then.

Pauline Harwood nee Hatch  b1930

 

Eileen Smith: Harbour, Quay

Yarmouth Bull nose Quay,postcard :Steve Holden

Yarmouth Bull nose Quay,postcard :Steve Holden

On the Quay itself, the original Bullnose, before the alterations, there was a carpenter’s workshop, Harwoods stables where they kept the horse and cart for deliveries and a blacksmith’s forge. There was Blakes Coalyard and office, and Mr. Saunders charabanc garage that burnt down.  At the end was the ‘Spit and Lean Club’, a 3 sided shelter from the weather where all the local chaps gathered to watch the goings on, and pass comments. Eileen Smith b 1921