Tidal Surge and Flooding at Holme next Sea

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During the night of 31st. January 1953 a northerly gale at the time of an exceptionally high spring tide resulted in a tidal surge that piled up sea levels far above normal in all lands bordering the Southern End of the North Sea.  Many people were drowned in the Netherlands and on the East Coast of England, including several unfortunate families in South Beach Road Hunstanton.   These pictures, collected and kindly loaned by Mrs Norah Green, show some of the extent of the flooding in Holme next Sea.
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