Nostalgic photographs of Sheringham through the decades

Named by The Sunday Times as one of the best places to live in 2024, Sheringham's fishing community once boasted 200 boats at its height, and its catches of crab, fish and lobster helped feed London's busy fishmarkets.

With the arrival of the railway at the end of the 19th century, the town also became a popular holiday destination and remains one of Britain's best-loved Blue Flag beaches and seaside towns today. 

Sheringham fisherman from the early 1900s - from left, Potter Hardingham, John Tar Bishop, Elijah Farrow and Belcher Johnson (Image: Archant)

From a family album of photos taken during a summer stay in Sheringham in 1903 (Image: Archant)

This photo of a dramatic accident at Sheringham Station on July 5th 1909 was printed as a postcard and sent home by a station clerk the very next day! (Image: Archant)

Sheringham High Street in 1925 (Image: Archant)

The wreckage of a Heinkel 115 bomber found on Sheringham beach in December, 1939. The lifeboat station can be seen in the background. Picture: Harry Hodges Tansley (Image: Archant)

Sheringham town centre in the 1950s (Image: Archant)Bank holiday visitors on the beach at Sheringham (Image: Archant Library)

Sheringham fishermen with their catch in 1954 (Image: Archant)

Sheringham High Street during the Carnival in the 1960s (Image: Archant)

Sheringham fishermen with their catch in 1961 (Image: Archant)

A rainy day for the Sheringham carnival procession on August 2 1967 (Image: Archant)

Sheringham flint picker Mr William Grice picking a sample of flint stones for despatch to Canada on February 4, 1969 (Image: Archant)

The Sheringham to Cromer raft race in June 1977 (Image: Archant)

Members of the Dad's Army cast filming on the Sheringham north Norfolk railway in the 70s (Image: Archant)

Passengers board a train at Sheringham station in 1982 (Image: Archant)Princess Diana unveils a plaque to open the Splash swimming pool in Sheringham on May 11, 1988 (Image: Archant)