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Stunning photos of Norfolk’s winter of 1955

Published: 10:13 AM February 19, 2015    Updated: 5:05 PM October 9, 2020
Weatherskating on a frozen broad. Dated January 1955

Weatherskating on a frozen broad. Dated January 1955 - Credit: Archant

These photos from the EDP's archive show scenes of winter in Norfolk 60 years ago.

Great Yarmouth - heavy snow fall at Hall Quay photo taken February 18, 1955

Great Yarmouth - heavy snow fall at Hall Quay photo taken February 18, 1955 - Credit: Archant

All of the photos in our gallery were taken in January and February 1955.

They show how - unlike this winter - people had to struggle with thick snow.

But the cold weather also brought the joy of a frozen Broad.

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