{"id":9074,"date":"2016-03-25T23:30:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-great-yarmouth-see-past-the-usual-british-seaside-miseries-to-the-treats-hidden-behind\/"},"modified":"2016-03-25T23:38:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:38:43","slug":"lets-move-to-great-yarmouth-see-past-the-usual-british-seaside-miseries-to-the-treats-hidden-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-great-yarmouth-see-past-the-usual-british-seaside-miseries-to-the-treats-hidden-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Great Yarmouth: \u2018See past the usual British seaside miseries to the treats hidden behind'"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe worst wax museum in the world has, alas, closedWhat\u2019s going for it? When the rain is coming down and the easterlies are whipping it into a pressure hose pointed straight at you, Great Yarmouth can be bleak. This is not a place for flipping property or opening cupcake-knitting salons. No, you come to Great Yarmouth because you can see past the usual British seaside miseries to the treats hidden behind. The Pleasure Beach, with its 1932 wooden scenic railway, perhaps. The worst wax museum in the world has, alas, closed, but you can still find one of Britain\u2019s last remaining end-of-the-pier theatres. Yarmouth\u2019s architecture speaks of more prosperous times, before the herring industry shrivelled, Luftwaffe bombs fell and holidaymakers left for Benidorm: grand patches of Georgiana abutting ancient merchants\u2019 houses around South Quay and the Minster \u2013 Great Yarmouth has a minster. Who knew? Fabulous art nouveau in Fastolff House, Victorian arcades, medieval town walls. Find your pleasures where you can.The case against Jobs are not aplenty. Too much of its charm is in fragments, sliced up by dual carriageways and empty lots. I fear for its position between the sea, the river and the Broads. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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