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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

 

Joan Cokes: Early Days

My father was employed as a gardener and worked in several different places.   He worked for The Pier Hotel (now the George Hotel), in the garden opposite the school.  In Ommanney Road, there was a garden owned by the Bugle where he also worked. That was next to a vegetable garden for The Towers. He grew the vegetables for his own family in an allotment at the top of Victoria Road.

The bridge was a toll bridge and regular users got a weekly ticket. Dad worked for the Tophams over in Norton as a gardener, and so had a weekly ticket.  We children used to sneak behind a charabanc to get over the bridge without paying.

I can remember getting winkles from Pier Shore and the Common up to Bouldnor as far as Stone Pier, and prawning off the Common – I remember seeing seahorses there.
Joan Cokes nee Cooper b1918