Sadly, this was a common occurrence of the coast of Yarmouth as we are surrounded by offshore sandbanks making the journey of incoming ships very difficult especially in bad weather.
W. Joy captures this danger is his painting, Saving a Crew near Yarmouth Pier.

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We get a rapid rush through Dickens’ greatest hits:
Hard Times
Old Curiosity Shop
Oliver Twist
and
David Copperfield.

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That’s ! Dickens first stayed at The Angel in 1835. Mr Pickwick and his manservant Sam stayed here on the trail of Alfred Jingle in The Pickwick Papers. Image: Mr Pickwick on the Ice by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.

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