Cromer: Newhaven Close when new, 1961
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Cromer: Newhaven Close when new, 1961
Image: © Harry Lees Taken: Unknown
Newhaven Close was laid out and its bungalows built in 1960-1. My uncle, Harry Lees (1891-1978), bought this one and retired to Cromer from Nottingham, where he had been headmaster of Sneinton Dale (Greenwood) School. His widow, my Aunt Marjorie, continued to live here until 2005. I imagine Harry took this photo shortly after they moved to Cromer in 1961. It shows the original concrete road surface - now tarmac - and the garden before planting began. Of more general interest, perhaps, is the Victorian building in the background, Newhaven Court. Built in 1884 as the family home of the Locker Lampsons, it became a hotel after the Great War. Eminent visitors to Newhaven Court included Frederick Locker's friend Oscar Wilde, the King of Greece, Tennyson, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Prince Philip (who, as a boy, stayed in a chalet in the grounds) and Einstein. Newhaven Court was destroyed by fire on 23 January 1963 and its site is now occupied by the bungalows of Court Drive.
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Image Location
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