Nostalgic archive pictures of Hunstanton through the ages

Today the beach provides a popular spot for kite surfers and body-boarders, with its spectacular skies and scenery enjoyed all year round. 

We take a wander down the seafront through the ages with pictures from our archives. 

A chilly Christmas day swim in 1971 (Image: Newsquest)

Strollers on the pier, 1966 (Image: Newsquest)

It's a Knockout competition on Hunstanton seafront, August 8, 1977 (Image: Newsquest)

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Competitors duked it out on the green (Image: Newsquest)

Hunstanton beach, 1959 (Image: Archant)

Donkey rides along the sand, 1963, a snapshot of bygone Britain (Image: Newsquest)

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Hunstanton seafront in 1962 (Image: Newsquest)

The Hunstanton lifeboat on a training exercise in 1983 (Image: Newsquest)

Police survey the waves amid the heavy flooding in 1978 (Image: Newsquest)

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A house is salvaged from the water during floods in 1953 (Image: Archant)

Heavy snow is cleared from the promenade road in 1947 (Image: Newsquest)

Pack ice clogs the waters below Hunstanton Pier in the 1930s (Image: Newsquest)