Having asked for comments regarding this scene of the Cod & Lobster corner (but minus the Cod & Lobster!) the Archive team were lead to believe it to be a view after the tidal wave which swept the east coast in 1953, but even now are still unsure. The image has always been blurred and the style of dress could be from that time or an earlier period. Any anybody else assist? John Stott commented: “I think this shows the scene after one of the pubs known as Cod and Lobster was lost in a bad storm, I am 65 years old and can remember two different buildings on the same site.” Yvonne Pemberton added: “There are three pubs in the old village; the Cod and Lobster (central in the picture above), very atmospheric and perched on the harbour edge. The previous Cod and Lobster was washed away in 1953. In High Street is the Royal George and at the top near the car park is the Captain Cook.” Whilst Paula Miller suggested: “I have a massive collection of old photographs 11,000 images and pieces of information and have been collecting for many year I have a clearer image of this but not much and going by other photographs in 1953 this is not then; it seems to be much earlier. It is very old this one and very grainy, most photographs in 1953 are in colour.”
Image courtesy of Keith Bowers and thanks to John Stott, Yvonne Pemberton and Paula Miller for their updates.
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