A very evocative video illustrating the wildlife that can be found along the North Norfolk Coast during the winter months. Directed and produced by Peter Naylor with a commentary written and read by Martin Wase and music by Kye Rodriguez & Peter Fellows. This is a Fall Time Production & Kestrel Films Short.
Enjoy!
I grew up in North Norfolk during the 1950’s when central heating was virtually unknown in ordinary homes. Let me tell you a little bit about the realities of everyday life in those days. I also ask the question, are we becoming soft in the 21st Century?
First ever holidaymakers at Happisburgh?
A caravan park on the cliff edge is thought to have been the site of a human settlement one million years ago.
A moving look at the damage caused by the recent storm at Cromer in North Norfolk.
A walker taking a stroll on the beach between Mundesley and Bacton to inspect the damage caused by the recent storms has discovered what appears to be an unexploded artillery shell on the beach. The police who are awaiting the arrival of a bomb disposal team to identify and deal with the object have cordoned off the site. The finder, Mr Gale, found the device yesterday (Sunday) and had the forethought to take a photograph. After showing it to a…
Between the late 1800’s and the end of the First World War North Norfolk was a holiday playground of the very wealthy. It also attracted great artists, writers and even royalty. The appeal of the area waned after the War and it did not see a major resurgence in popularity until the 1970’s. Today it is one of the most popular areas of the UK for traditional seaside holidays.
Stiffkey in North Norfolk is a pretty village with houses lining each side of the main coast road, the A149. Unremarkable now, the village was nationally in the public eye in 1932 when the rector of the parish, Harold Davidson, was accused of immorality by a Consistory Court convened in Norwich. The charge related to Davidson’s work as a counsellor and carer for London’s prostitutes. This caused a great scandal and the court’s decision was that Davidson should be defrocked. Many thought the decision wrong and his friends and followers supported him to the end of his life. He is buried in Stiffkey churchyard. Approximately 3000 people attended the funeral.
Norfolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner agrees to pay back his mileage claim of over £3000s.
The North Norfolk Railway – also known as the Poppy Line – is one of the county’s favourite tourist attractions. The engineers that maintain the engines and rolling stock are mainly volunteers, as are the staff in the station shops, restaurants and booking offices. Thousands of tourists visit the stations and ride the steam trains from Sheringham to Weybourne and Holt each year.
Autumn arrived with a vengeance on the North Norfolk coast on Thursday. Temperatures plummeted as the gale and high winds swept in.