Sheringham, Norfolk - multiview inc donkey 70s postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Sheringham, Norfolk - donkey / west promenade / East Beach
• Publisher:  Colourmaster International (Photo Precision) PLC13774
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  6½p blue Machin definitive
• Postmark(s):  Holt 5 July 1976 Remember to Use the Postcode
• Sent to:  Meteor Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex
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UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p

Europe: £1.60

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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Sheringham is a seaside town (population 7,143^[1]) in Norfolk, England, located west of Cromer.

The motto of the town is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns", granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council.^[2]

Historically, the parish of Sheringham comprised the two villages of Upper Sheringham, a farming community, and Lower Sheringham, which combined farming with fishing.

The industry was at its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as the coming of the railways made it possible for fish to be transported more efficiently to market. Through the 1900s the focus of the fishing, as all along the north Norfolk coast, began to be on crabs, lobsters and whelks. The crab and lobster fishing made the local fishermen major suppliers to the London fish markets. Long lining for cod and the catching of herring began to become less important in the second half of the century, as did whelking. Today, from a peak of maybe 200 boats, Sheringham has eight boats operated single-handed.

The current town of Sheringham was once Lower Sheringham, a fishing station for the main village, now known as Upper Sheringham. It is a railway town that was developed with the coming of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line in the late 19th century. Most of Sheringham's range of buildings and shops come from this period and the early 20th century. It has a particularly interesting range of buildings using flint, not normally in the traditional Norfolk style but in a variety of techniques.