True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum

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True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum is a small social history museum in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. It is run almost entirely by volunteers and tells the story of the old North End fishing quarter. The museum received support from Bernard Matthews and others. Much of the North End was demolished in the slum clearances of the 1930s and 1960s.

What you’ll see
- The cottages: The two-room cottages have one upstairs and one downstairs. In cottage No. 5, a family of eleven once lived there. Nine children shared one double bed, while the parents slept on the floor. There were no toilets, and a chamber pot was kept under the bed.
- The smokehouse: Opened in the 1890s by retired fisherman Thomas Westwood, his wife Mary, and their children. The family also ran a fishmonger in the front room facing St. Ann’s Street, and they smoked fish in the rear smokehouse. A popular smoked fish was the bloater (herring).

Publications
- Ghosts & Legends of Lynn by Alison Gifford.

Location and more
- True’s Yard is in King’s Lynn, Norfolk (coordinates: 52.7582°N, 0.3968°E).
- Website: truesyard.co.uk

This museum offers a glimpse into the everyday lives of the town’s historic fishing community, preserved by volunteers for visitors to learn from and enjoy.