True's Yard, King's Lynn

True's Yard is all that remains of King's Lynn's old fishing community, the North End, 

which existed for hundreds of years, and which was finally demolished in 

the clearances of the 1930’s and the 1960’s.

Please visit the website (http://www.truesyard.co.uk/index.html) for more information.

These pictures were taken during a visit on 3rd August 2010. 

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The Fisherman's Cottages - Note that these are

two cottages, each with one room

upstairs, and one down.

The cottages had no sanitation or kitchen - not the bath tub

on the wall.

Inside one of the cottages - this would have been the 

only heating inside the house

Inside the second cottage, as it would have been

set up to keep the family dry and warm

A picture of "Lol" Benefer, who lived in

this 2 room cottage and brought up 17 children. 

The staircase between floors

An original fishing boat from the 18th Century

 

Note the small amount

of space for the fishermen to walk - must

have been dangerious on the rough North Sea

The front of the fishing boat, and anchor

Interesting use of the term "Fisher Boys"
 in this 19th Century poster

A reconstruction of the scene on the old Lynn docks

A model of one of the type of boats that

sailed from Lynn into the North Sea

The old Smoke House - the last one remaining in King's Lynn

Inside the old Smoke House