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- The poor mans st moritz As good as switzerland Hunsatatunes either due to colour of rocks or from river hun in old hunny
- 855 ST Edmund lands 1272 st edmund church built 1066 Le Strange family take over 1506 Hunny Hall Built 1666 First lighthouse built(1776 burnt down)
- 1783 Prince of wales bathes in Brighton 1844 Current Lighthouse built 1845 Henry Sends prospectus for new hunny out
- 1846 Le strange folly 1861 Population only 490
- 1862 Railway opens 1863 Train on way to Hunstanton hits a bull and kills 7 people 1875 Railway company build Sandringham hotel with coaches laid on to take passengers from train to door 1912 Train runs through buffers and ends up in sandringham hotel yard
- 1870 Pier opens 830 feet, large theatre at end and diving boards 1939 Pier theatre burns down trapping two ladies who jump into 2 feet of water, skating rink takes over area 1950 john harris (new owner) creates small railway on pier. 1957 Pier stars in Barnacle bill with alec guiness 1978 Pier lost in floods
- 1880 Promenade built (before that ladders were used to get to beach 1881 population 1509 1896 Town Hall Built 1896 Thomas cook advertises holidays to Hunny from Leics for 3 Shillings
- Lighthouse is used as a Secret Wireless station 1915 Zepplin drops bomb near victoria ave
- Hunny becomes garrison town but also has childrens hosp becoming military hosp Pop 1911 2978
- Lighthouse used as gunnery with wireless boats shored close by Hunny becomes restricted area but only bombed a few times
- 1/1/1953 Floods, kill 16 locals and 16 visiting american soldiers promenade had to be rebuilt
- 1969 Railway closes 1969 sees 104000 cars in beach car parks 1977 Sandrinham opens its doors down the road
- 2005 Population of about 4150 Radio one stopped its annual beach party visits Lighthouse is even now a holiday home But theres a theatre (princes), Sea Life Centre, Sensory gardens and both norfolk Lavender and Sandringham very close by.