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Great Yarmouth's New Market Place
In our town the market place is on its way to completion. Some folk may like it but others might not, but in the time of history many changes have taken place. When putting the lights up for Christmas around the Fisherman's Hospital in our Market Place shadowed by our church. I remember being told years ago when old Breydoners, eel catchers, wildfowlers, and fishermen were residents of that historic place made a few pence by catching worms, known as “black noses” when the land is over dry
The market was mainly paved with cobble stones all over its four acres and a bit more, grass tufts grew between them, the corporation paid two or three old women with hassocks to kneel on, with stumpy little knives to root them out well, underneath those stones thousands of worms lived below these holes were seen, so the old boys or others short of bait for fishing for eels or other fish took a bucket or two of saltwater from the rive to pour it carefully into the holes, as a result of this the worms came up then they were gently pulled out then the salt water was wiped off them and they were placed into a tub full of mould
Today most of the Market is paved with close-fitting Yorkshire granite setts. So I reckon when they were changed many folk surely said they did not like the change, like most of us still say today and surely the future people will say when the Market is reopened they like what we have now!
The holly berries are bright red and full, some branches have been placed in our church giving it a good Christmas feel, but a good crop of berries bring with it a very cold winter. I hope not. But I still like looking in the snow for various tracks of birds and animals as you never know what’s going to turn up next
Happy, Healthy New Year
Michael Pearson
courtesy of Great Yarmouth Parish Life
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