![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn including the Custom House in the centre of the picture. Dated 1994 ? Photograph C6643]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn including the Custom House in the centre of the picture. Dated 1994 ? Photograph C6643")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn including the Custom House in the centre of the picture. Dated 1994 ? Photograph C6643
Grainy black and white images show boats still using the Purfleet, which was open to the tides.
The picture was taken from the top of the grain silo which once stood on Common Staithe Quay.
![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views A darkening sky gives a suitably dramatic air to this view over King's Lynn looking west from the top of the newly completed main block at Norfolk College of Arts and Technology. In the foreground Highgate, while on the horizon the Saddlebow beet sugar factory, Paul's mill on the Boal Quay and St Margaret's Church dominate the skyline. Dated 1973 Photograph C5772 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 131]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views A darkening sky gives a suitably dramatic air to this view over King's Lynn looking west from the top of the newly completed main block at Norfolk College of Arts and Technology. In the foreground Highgate, while on the horizon the Saddlebow beet sugar factory, Paul's mill on the Boal Quay and St Margaret's Church dominate the skyline. Dated 1973 Photograph C5772 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 131")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views A darkening sky gives a suitably dramatic air to this view over King's Lynn looking west from the top of the newly completed main block at Norfolk College of Arts and Technology. In the foreground Highgate, while on the horizon the Saddlebow beet sugar factory, Paul's mill on the Boal Quay and St Margaret's Church dominate the skyline. Dated 1973 Photograph C5772 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 131
Even 1970s camera equipment and film were capable of catching the amazing light as sun broke through a rain squall producing 'Jacob's ladders'.
The picture looks south over the town from what is now the college of West Anglia - with Lynn Minster's twin towers visible in the distance.
![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views A 1959 photograph of King's Lynn Alexandra Dock. The timber trade which is still a large part of the ports trade is much in evidence here, as is the once-extensive network of rail sidings. Dated 15 September 1959 Photograph C5774 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 132-133]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views A 1959 photograph of King's Lynn Alexandra Dock. The timber trade which is still a large part of the ports trade is much in evidence here, as is the once-extensive network of rail sidings. Dated 15 September 1959 Photograph C5774 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 132-133")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views A 1959 photograph of King's Lynn Alexandra Dock. The timber trade which is still a large part of the ports trade is much in evidence here, as is the once-extensive network of rail sidings. Dated 15 September 1959 Photograph C5774 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 132-133
Alexandra Dock bustles with shipping in this aerial view of the Port of Lynn in 1960.
The docks had their own branch line, along which most freight then travelled.
![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Events - Remembrance Day Events The view from the parapet of Greyfriars Tower, during the wreath-laying Remembrance Day ceremony at King's Lynn war memorial. Dated 1978 Photograph C5775 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 134 FOA Nov 2014]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Events - Remembrance Day Events The view from the parapet of Greyfriars Tower, during the wreath-laying Remembrance Day ceremony at King's Lynn war memorial. Dated 1978 Photograph C5775 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 134 FOA Nov 2014")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views Events - Remembrance Day Events The view from the parapet of Greyfriars Tower, during the wreath-laying Remembrance Day ceremony at King's Lynn war memorial. Dated 1978 Photograph C5775 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 134 FOA Nov 2014
A parade in Tower Gardens was captured from the nearby St Nicholas Tower in 1978.
A figure laying a wreath suggests the occasion is Remembrance Day - still marked by parades today.
![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views A view of King's Lynn Town Hall from St. Margaret's Church tower, the curve of Queen Street and the River Ouse can be seen in the background. Dated December 1978 Photograph C6632]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views A view of King's Lynn Town Hall from St. Margaret's Church tower, the curve of Queen Street and the River Ouse can be seen in the background. Dated December 1978 Photograph C6632")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views A view of King's Lynn Town Hall from St. Margaret's Church tower, the curve of Queen Street and the River Ouse can be seen in the background. Dated December 1978 Photograph C6632
The Town Hall and Saturday Market Place, seen from the minster, are little changed.
But the skyline of the town is less cluttered now silos have been removed and granaries converted into homes.
![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Looking south from the Norfolk College main block over the Walks. In the middle of the picture is the former King's Lynn maltings ( now converted into flats ) and beyond the Walks the tower at Campbell's can be seen. Dated July 1973 Photograph C5771 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 130]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Looking south from the Norfolk College main block over the Walks. In the middle of the picture is the former King's Lynn maltings ( now converted into flats ) and beyond the Walks the tower at Campbell's can be seen. Dated July 1973 Photograph C5771 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 130")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views Looking south from the Norfolk College main block over the Walks. In the middle of the picture is the former King's Lynn maltings ( now converted into flats ) and beyond the Walks the tower at Campbell's can be seen. Dated July 1973 Photograph C5771 Eastern Daily Press Images of King's Lynn published 1996 - chapter The View From The Top, page 130
![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn including the New Coduit Street car park (spiral ramp) and the Custom House next to the road bridge ( bottom right of the picture). Dated May 1971 Photograph C6637]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn including the New Coduit Street car park (spiral ramp) and the Custom House next to the road bridge ( bottom right of the picture). Dated May 1971 Photograph C6637")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn including the New Coduit Street car park (spiral ramp) and the Custom House next to the road bridge ( bottom right of the picture). Dated May 1971 Photograph C6637
![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn. Dated 1 September 1959 Photograph C6638]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn. Dated 1 September 1959 Photograph C6638")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn. Dated 1 September 1959 Photograph C6638
![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views A view of King's Lynn from the top of the gantry at the South Quay grain silos. In the foreground are the steeply sloping roofs and enclosed courtyards of Hampton Court. Behind Hampton Court are the two towers of St. Margaret's Church. In the distance is the single spire of St. Nicholas Chapel and between the two churches can be seen the arched window of the Town Hall. Dated ? published Evening News 21 August 1974 Photograph C6639]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views A view of King's Lynn from the top of the gantry at the South Quay grain silos. In the foreground are the steeply sloping roofs and enclosed courtyards of Hampton Court. Behind Hampton Court are the two towers of St. Margaret's Church. In the distance is the single spire of St. Nicholas Chapel and between the two churches can be seen the arched window of the Town Hall. Dated ? published Evening News 21 August 1974 Photograph C6639")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views A view of King's Lynn from the top of the gantry at the South Quay grain silos. In the foreground are the steeply sloping roofs and enclosed courtyards of Hampton Court. Behind Hampton Court are the two towers of St. Margaret's Church. In the distance is the single spire of St. Nicholas Chapel and between the two churches can be seen the arched window of the Town Hall. Dated ? published Evening News 21 August 1974 Photograph C6639
![Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn from the South Quay. Dated ? published EDP 29 December 1987 Photograph C6641]( "Eastern Daily Press: King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn from the South Quay. Dated ? published EDP 29 December 1987 Photograph C6641")
King's Lynn - Aerial Views Aerial view of King's Lynn from the South Quay. Dated ? published EDP 29 December 1987 Photograph C6641
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