Could be 1953/54
after the sea broke through several places along that stretch right down to Felixstowe in Jan and again in early Feb 1953.
That resulted in massive investment in sea defences along the East Anglian coastline. Sea Palling to Winterton being one major scheme.
As our Chief Engineer from the 70's used to say "the sea is a terrible monster". Have seen some amazing and some tragic instances of sea and river flooding during my time including jumping in a canoe to save the life of a typically stubborn donkey that would not move even though the flood water was gradually submerging it at Needham Mill. The Rock Star owner (and owner of the canoe) wasn't bothered but I was. Hit it on the backside several times to get it to higher ground and did the eskimo roll inadvertently a few times. Sheep got out but lambs died.
When the tide broke through at Wells in 1978 I was in charge of the outer most breach and we were surrounded by dead horses. Horrible job but rewarding when completed.
Posted By: Old Splat on April 9th 2020 at 17:56:25
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- Norfolk coast historical sea defences question (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Apr 9, 16:35:38
- Used to do that work bitd from survey/design (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 9, 17:16:38
- Wrathing at its finest. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Apr 9, 19:16:44
- Great info pal. So the Walcott ones would be from the (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Apr 9, 17:30:12
- Could be 1953/54 (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 9, 17:56:25
- I love these tales. What's happened at Wells in recent years (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Apr 9, 18:14:58
- How is the beach at Walcott now, haven't been to my static at Bacton this year (General Chat) - promethian1, Apr 9, 17:33:04
- I wasnt there long. The sand level is really high up against the wall (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Apr 9, 17:40:21
- They had the full £18 mill last summer... its supposed to last for at least 20 years now, (General Chat) - promethian1, Apr 9, 17:46:09
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- They had the full £18 mill last summer... its supposed to last for at least 20 years now, (General Chat) - promethian1, Apr 9, 17:46:09
- I wasnt there long. The sand level is really high up against the wall (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Apr 9, 17:40:21
- Could be 1953/54 (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 9, 17:56:25
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- Used to do that work bitd from survey/design (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 9, 17:16:38
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