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Hunstanton is a 19th-century resort town, initially known as New Hunstanton to distinguish it from the adjacent village of that name. The new town soon exceeded the village in scale and population. The original settlement, now Old Hunstanton , probably gained its name from the River Hun , which runs to the coast just to the east.
John Betjeman Goes By Train is a 1962 short documentary film directed by Malcolm Freegard and made by British Transport Films and BBC East Anglia. [1] The 10-minute-long film features future poet laureate John Betjeman as he takes a memorable journey by train from King's Lynn railway station to Hunstanton railway station in Norfolk, pointing out various sights and stopping off at Wolferton ...
Following significant population growth, largely associated with the seaside tourism industry, the area became an urban district in 1894. [2] The new council decided to commission a town hall: the site they selected was on the north side of The Green, a triangular piece of land which formed the focal point of the original civic masterplan for the town, prepared by the founder of Hunstanton ...
The Golden Lion Hotel is in the coastal English town of Hunstanton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England. [2] It is a three-star hotel and has been a Grade II listed building since 20 September 1984.
Hunstanton Hall is a moated house, mainly of two storeys. The principal construction materials are clunch and carrstone. [16] Its building history is complex, with elements dating from the 15th, 17th and 19th centuries. Two major fires, in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries, led to structural losses and reconstruction. [17]
The Warner Archive Collection is a home video division for releasing classic and cult films from Warner Bros.' library. [1] [2] It started as a manufactured-on-demand (MOD) DVD series by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on March 23, 2009, with the intention of putting previously unreleased catalog films on DVD for the first time. [3]
Hunstanton railway station served the seaside town of Hunstanton in Norfolk, England. Opened in 1862, the station was the northern terminus of the Lynn and Hunstanton Railway. The line was brought to public notice by John Betjeman in the British Transport Film John Betjeman Goes By Train. [3] The station closed with the line in 1969.
Live Scenes from New York is the audio counterpart to the Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York DVD, released in 2001, except only the CD has the full concert. The third disc contains two videos of the concert that are not on the DVD, the music video for "Another Day", and Jordan Rudess's keyboard solo.