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Traditionally, Cromer was a fishing town. It grew as a fishing station over the centuries, and was a year-round fishery into the 20th century, with crabs and lobsters in the summer, drifting for longshore herring in the autumn and long-lining, primarily for cod, in the winter.
Cromer was the scene of an alluvial gold rush in 1870 at a site named Bonney's Flat on Hannaford Creek. [2] (Bonney Flat Creek is 30 km away, west of Balhannah). The school opened as "Para Wirra" in 1898. It was renamed Cromer in 1899 and closed in 1950. The post office opened in 1910 and closed in 1944. [1]
RNLB Ruby and Arthur Reed II (ON 1097) [1] was a Tyne-class lifeboat stationed at Cromer in the English county of Norfolk [2] from 16 December 1985 [3] and was the No 1 lifeboat between various relief’s [4] until she was replaced after 21 years service by the Tamar-class RNLB Lester (ON 1287) in December 2007.
She is now part of the National Historic Fleet [2] and has been preserved in the RNLI Henry Blogg Museum in Cromer. [ 3 ] From 1923 to the end of the Second World War in 1945 the Cromer station had four motor-powered lifeboats all called H F Bailey after the donor, Mr Henry Francis Bailey, a London merchant who had been born in Norfolk and had ...
The fishing port and holiday resort of Cromer, in the English county of Norfolk, has had a rail service since 1877. It was served by three railway stations for many years and is now served by two. Cromer Beach station, which opened in 1887, was renamed Cromer in 1969 following the closure of the other early stations.
The Fishing Heritage Center also has a grant to purchase archival, acid-free housing to protect the records, which are now kept in banker’s boxes, so they will last as long as possible, based on ...
Fishing boats MISS CROMER and WHY WORRY of Cromer, escorted boats: 15 September: Fishing boat WHY WORRY of Cromer, escorted boat: 1955: 28 September: Steamship MOORWOOD of London, took out doctor: 17 December: Three fishing boats of Cromer, escorted boats: 1957: 22 July: Yacht POCOCITA, stood by: 1960: 16 April: Fishing boat JUNE ROSE of ...
RNLB H F Bailey (ON 694) was the second lifeboat at Cromer in the county of Norfolk [1] to bear the name of H F Bailey. She replaced H F Bailey which had been stationed at Cromer until 1924. In 1936 she became the station's reserve lifeboat and was renamed J B Proudfoot.