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The docks are operated as the Port of King's Lynn by Associated British Ports. It handles around 400,000 tonnes of cargo per year, including forest products, agribulk and manufacturing and recycling materials. [ 2 ]
They were based on folk songs Vaughan Williams had collected in the English county of Norfolk, in particular the fishing port of King's Lynn in January 1905. Only the first rhapsody survives in its entirety, having been revised by the composer in 1914. The second exists in fragmentary form, and has been completed by other hands.
King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, [2] is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 36 miles (58 km) north-east of Peterborough , 44 miles (71 km) north-north-east of Cambridge and 44 miles (71 km) west of Norwich .
St Margaret's Church. The construction of St Margaret's Church) in 1101 is the point at which King's Lynn first came into existence in terms of how it is now recognised. Commissioned by the Bishop of Norwich, Herbert de Losinga, at the request of the townspeople 'in honour of the Holy Mary Magdalene and St Margaret and all holy virgins', the church is one of the town's most dominating landmar
The road is an essential part of the transport infrastructure of King's Lynn as it links King's Lynn Docks and its industrial estates to the A149 Queen Elizabeth Way (King's Lynn Southern Bypass), allowing HGV traffic to reach the A47 main trunk road without passing through the centre of King's Lynn.
The East Anglian Railway subsidised two omnibus services to Hunstanton from King's Lynn even though the town had a population of fewer than 500 people in 1861. [1] The northern part of the Lynn and Ely Railway reached King's Lynn, known locally as Lynn, in 1846. [2] Lynn was 16 miles from Hunstanton and a railway connection was projected.
The song was also included on Country Music Television's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Songs in Country Music." [ 29 ] In 2019, Rolling Stone named "Rose Garden" in its list "20 Songs That Defined the Early Seventies," describing the song as "an optimistic anthem that also served as a splash of cold water to the face" during the Vietnam War .
"Come On Down to My Boat" is a song written by Jerry Goldstein and Wes Farrell and performed by Every Mother's Son. Their only top 40 hit ever, it reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967, [1] and appeared on their self-titled debut album; on the album the track was titled "Come and Take a Ride in My Boat". [2]