"Millions
have been spent [on Cromer] over the last couple of years giving
the old place a complete facelift. New pavements, new lighting
... and many of the Edwardian buildings have been restored with
the help of generous grants. The Pier has been re-modelled with
a completely new entrance and new cafe and bar at the Pier Theatre.
The Old Bath House Hotel on the promenade has been completely
restored at huge expense. A new RNLI museum is currently under
construction at the bottom of the slipway. Cromer also boasts
one of the most popular fish and chip cafe's, called Mary Jane's,
in Garden Street. The cafe is extremely busy during the summer
months and on good weather weekends during the winter it does
huge business. Cromer is far from stagnating: we have one of
the biggest annual carnivals in the Country and a New Year firework
display that is attended by thousands of people. Cromer is still
a favourite venue for traditional seaside holidays. The Clifftop
Cafe at Overstrand near Cromer really is a classic cafe with
30s music playing, American cloth tablecloths and an excellent
menu. During the season it is difficult to get a table and again
is always busy at weekends during the winter. Cromer is far from
dead." (David Hobart)
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