| German Submarine U118
 An
empty German submarine was washed ashore on the beach in front
of Denmark Place in 1919. The submarine U118 had broken its
towrope on the way from Cherbourg to Scapa Flow. It was welcomed
as an unusual Easter attraction until a build-up of chlorine
gas poisoned a group of coastguards, one of whom died on 21
February 1920. U118 was an extremely large submarine for its
time and having surrendered to France on 23rd February 1919,
it was eventually broken up at Brest during July 1921. |
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Coldest
Winter
The winter of 1962/3 was very severe and absolutely everything
froze including the sea. Snow was cleared from the town centre
with bulldozers and trucks and taken to Rock-a-Nore were it
was left in a huge pile which didn’t melt until June that
summer. |
