The first time I visited King's Lynn was in 1988 when I went for an interview at King Edward VII High School - at the time, the best school in the area. I was unsuccessful, as I had been for the previous twenty-ish interviews at schools all over the north, the midlands and beyond. I was always told that I was terrible at interviews.
The following day, I had an interview in Long Eaton in Nottinghamshire. I was unsuccessful there too.
The day after that I was contacted by King Edward VII School and offered a job as their preferred candidate had pulled out. I verbally accepted the job.
Later that day, I was then contacted by Long Eaton School to offer me a job as their preferred candidate had also pulled out... I told them that I had already accepted a job in Norfolk.
And the rest was.... geography.
I've lived in Norfolk since then. Over half my life. This was what might be called a 'Sliding Doors' moment after the film of the same name.
Our attachments to place occur for a number of different reasons.
King's Lynn's museum is free for much of the year, and charges an entrance fee during the summer months only.
It is now free once again for the winter months.....
Visitors can see the timbers from Seahenge.
A 4000 year old timber circle from the Bronze Age.
Image: Alan Parkinson
This was discovered off the coast at Holme next the Sea.
It caused a huge amount of controversy both locally and nationally, when English Heritage agreed to fund the Norfolk Archaelogical Unit to remove the timbers from the beach rather than leave them in situ.
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