Postcards From The Past: Great Yarmouth
Donkeys on a Norfolk beach
Changing views
Track the changes to our seaside and compare the past and present with
postcards from the past.
Beating the boundaries
The natural soundtrack of crashing waves and gulls has long proved an inspiration to composers
scoring the shoreline.
People from the sea
The oceans which surround us define us in more ways than just by providing a natural boundary, but what does it mean to be the
island race?
Related programme
Explore some images of Great Yarmouth today
Or look back at an earlier view of Gorleston beach
This postcard from the late 1960s shows the beach at Gorleston much eroded.
The coast has been affected by rising sea level which has caused silting up, creating a barrier or spit across the estuary.