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Postcards Of The Norfolk Broads
Potter Heigham
The River Thurne near Potter Heigham 1960s.
Potter Heigham c1970 -
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An unknown pleasure wherry from Horning, pictured moored near Potter Heigham Bridge c1906.
This postcard shows the stores on the corner of Station Road and Bridge Road/Ludham Road at Potter Heigham. The stores were owned by James Watts who, alongside the general groceries and provisions, also sold boots and shoes, drapery, haberdashery and medicines. The building was extended over the years and is now the village Post Office.
This postcard of the riverside at Potter Heigham dates from 1908.
The boatyard of George Applegate Junior, thought to be pictured c1910. George Applegate senior had built the boatsheds and started his boat hire business in the 1880s. The yard was taken over by Herbert Woods after the Second World War, although he continued to operate it under the Applegate’s name.
Potter Heigham Bridge and riverside c1910. George Applegate’s boat yard can be seen by the bridge on the left.
The Bridge Hotel at Potter Heigham c1910 which was sadly destroyed by a fire in 1990.
Sailing on the River Thurne at Potter Heigham c1910-
This postcard of Potter Heigham was posted in 1919, although the photograph possibly dates from a little earlier, and was taken from what is now the edge of the Herbert Woods boatyard. The boat shed seen on the right had been owned by the Norfolk Broads Yachting Company who formed in 1897. The yard was managed by the boat builder Walter Woods (father of Herbert Woods), when the NBYCo went into liquidation in 1917 Walter purchased the yard and began to operate it under the Walter Woods & Sons name. Herbert took over the company after his father died in the 1920s. The site is now home to the Phoenix Fleet and the bridge pilots office.
