loribear Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Hi all , i got this old postcard of yarthmouth , but i'm sure the boats are on the wrong side of the river to the bridge when did they change sides ? Lori 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Wow, Lori... now that is old.... loolk at all the gibbets in the background! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Hello Lori, The reason the picture looks strange is because the bridge in the picture was demolished around 1977/1978, the enbankments were removed about 20 years earlier. The bridge was the Bure Bridge. By the looks of the picture this bridge offered more clearance than the two remaining bridges. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trambo Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Hi Lori, Super card. I would date mid 50s. The boat coming towards us is a Sirdar class cruiser from H.C. Banham (later Norfolk Holiday Boats) Horning. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loribear Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 thanks guys for all your info, you don't realise how much things change til you see old postcards like that, i never knew there was such things as gibbets john, maybe they should bring them back , ive never heard of sirdar trambo, it must ave been before my time lol , by the way alan , why did they take the bridge down ? Lori ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Railway was closed! Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Hi Lori, As Liz says the railway closed, the M & GN line went from the Beach Station crossing the Bure and across the enbankment and onto the Breydon Viaduct that closed in 1953 and was demolished in 1962. That structure would have been worth saving unlike Vauxhall Bridge and the £600,000 plus that is being put into the Vauxhall Bridge Project. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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