Marguerite
By Marguerite Hall (Nee Colby)
I noticed an entry from Mike. He lived in St Nicholas Road 95 - opposite a Fish shop. I lived at No 8 and my Dad Robert William Colby owned a fish shop at the same address when I was about 5 years old in 1948 approx. I went to The Priory girls school. Do you know of number 8? I believe it has been pulled down now. I am really keen to get photographs of my old house. It was a 2 storey place attached to the fish shop. There is one entry,I believe, in a British History record which says it was demolished in 1964.Would there be records of the demolition in The Mercury, or GT YARMOUTH planning permission records? We moved from St Nicholas Road over to Station Road and we too were flooded out in 1953.We moved temporarily to my Grandparents house (Albert and Sara Colby) in Theatre plain, next door to the picture house. I attended Gt Yarmouth High School. My eldest sister is Kathleen Railton and she too attended the same school. She was a Norfolk Singles Tennis champion as noted in the school records.My Uncle Ted painted the swiss mountain scene on the scenic railway within the Pleasure Beach. if anybody can advise or help with photographs, or knows our family, it would be good to hear from you. I live in Adelaide Australia now. Thanks from DOWN UNDER. Look forward to hearing from you. Marguerite (BAD luck about the Ashes) :) 9/3/2014