Hundreds of people ran, jogged and walked around Lynn’s historic park at the weekend as they marked an important part of the town’s history. Sporting crowns and tiaras, a total of 345 people took part in a special King’s Lynn parkrun at The Walks which commemorated 500 years since King Henry VIII granted a charter to the town. West Norfolk mayor Cllr Paul Bland was also in attendance and officially got the run under way. The charter – granted on June 27 1524 – was one of the most important in the town’s history, setting the structure for the council for years afterwards by granting the town ce…
