Author Archives: Sheringham and District Society

The Fishermen’s Lifeboat Museum and the Peter Coke Shell Gallery are now closed for the winter period and are expected to reopen close to Easter next year.

At November’s Coffee Morning talk, the first to be held since Covid restrictions were introduced earlier in the year, a cheque for £600, the profits from the 2021 Art Exhibition, was presented to the speaker, Nick Siragher, from the East … Continue reading →

We were pleased to be able to welcome lots of visitors to the Fishermen’s Lifeboat Museum and the Peter Coke Shell Gallery during the half-term holiday at the end of October. The photograph shows a happy group of young visitors … Continue reading →

The Henry Ramey Upcher Lifeboat, the main exhibit in the Fishermen’s Lifeboat Museum (FLM), was constructed in 1894 by Lewis “Buffalo” Emery, part of probably the most prominent of the boatbuilding families in Sheringham in the 19th and first half … Continue reading →

Sheringham photographer Chris Taylor, who also forms part of the lifeboat crew and is a member of the Sheringham Shantymen, had a long-standing ambition to find the remains of the SS (steamship) Commodore. The SS Commodore, carrying a cargo of … Continue reading →

The society’s 2021 AGM was held on 30th April. No AGM had been possible in the previous year, owing to Covid. Members were able to take part through the miracle of Zoom, with one former Sheringham resident joining us from … Continue reading →

In common with similar organisations we were not able to welcome visitors during 2020 because of the Covid restrictions, but that does not mean that we were inactive. As described below, the important anniversary of the last time that the … Continue reading →

15th August was the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, the end of the war in the Far East. The following day back in 1945 was the last occasion on which the Henry Ramey Upcher lifeboat (HRU) put to sea. We … Continue reading →

One of the more famous rescues carried out by the Henry Ramey Upcher Fishermen’s Lifeboat was of the brig Ispolen in 1897. The remains of the wreck are occasionally exposed by storms and tides to public view. The latest exposure … Continue reading →