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
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
