Shipbuilding yard - South Lynn

[roopat]

You might enjoy the 'King's Lynn Forum' website - free to join (just Google it), there are very knowledgeable people on there and lots of old photos. You could post your questions on there, there's a thread for family history.  Did you visit True's Yard museum?  There's a lot of the fishing/seafaring history of King's Lynn kept there as far as I know, and one of the people who runs it is on the Forum, he is an expert!

I do agree with you, such a shame the old historic parts of the town were not preserved.

Pat

[roopat]

OH says an old friend of his (long since passed away I'm afraid) used to own the 'Friars Boatyard Garage' down a track at the back of Whitefriars school - might be a clue?

Pat

[tinkerbe]

dear storm bay

you missed a really big trick not going to true yard

they have loads of info about kings lynn and even have a record room which you can seach and has files on families that others have researched 

i like you thought there would be nothing their about my family and went round and book  a time to come to go in the record room
and  we found the church st Nicolas open ( it not a church any more and rarely open) and we got talking to bloke there and mention the pratt family and he says he remembers them and there was loads of them and one helps out there  ( we did not get to meet him) but when we when back there we told them we were related and took and round again and showed us the stuff relating to our family.

truly amazing people well worth a visit

and also look at the king lynn website forum amazing place