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Record of an Historic Town

1920 - 1939 , King's Lynn (Norfolk)

Cat no. 839

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A promotional film for King's Lynn featuring its historic buildings and sites.

Views of St Margaret's church from over the rooftops are followed by Greyfriars Tower, the gardens and war memorial, Red Mount Chapel, South Gate, the front of St Margaret's, the Town Hall, and the Trinity Guild Hall with the coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth I. At the docks: cargo ships, barges, dockers at work, cranes. Then shots of the Greenland Fishery, Blackfriars Gate, Nelson Street, the Custom House, grain silos, the Tuesday Market and the Corn Exchange. Shoppers are on the High Street and outside David Greig's shop. A sequence shows Castle Rising. Finally, a crane loads a railway carriage at the docks.

Featured Buildings

Priory and Parish Church of St Margaret; Greyfriars Tower; Red Mount Chapel; South Gate; Trinity Guild Hall; Greenland Fishery; Blackfriars Gate; Custom House; Corn Exchcange; David Greig shop front; Castle Rising

Keywords

Docks; Historic sites

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Record of an Historic Town

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