5:11 looks like a posh wash house, if it has some sort of fireplace or chimney in it, it was prob a wash house. It's a lovely building, I live off Nelson Street so this was an awesome video xx
This was so enjoyable and interesting to watch. I loved the story about the Norwich City footballer cutting the grass for his teammate next door! I was surprised by how rural it looked beyond what is now the ring road. Those mysteries you mentioned were intriguing. Will you let us all know what you find out, please?
Earlham Road cemetery is a lovely place and I’ve had many, many walks through there. Even a couple at night when I’ve had to climb over the gate at the Earlham Road entrance. 😃 It’s a tall gate as well. Fascinating to see the history of my adopted city and places I now know very well. 👍😃
The building shown at the end is “Dereham Head Post Office”. (Look at the H and Es in “Dereham”.) Someone from Dereham May be able to place it precisely.
Another interesting Video John, my son worked in the old Regal cinema when it was a bar before becoming the bowling ally, as recently as about ten years ago it still had a few rows of cinema seat upstairs above the entrance. Several years ago my late mother in law lived in the area, one night returning from the city walking past the provision stores into Goldsmith street we found a guy lying in the middle of the road, paralytic drunk, we dragged him to the pavement and rang the police, they would not believe us when they asked our surname 'Goldsmith"
The Earl of Leicester pub, (as were many locations around norwich) featured in an episode of Tales of the Unexpected. A couple leave the pub, and go into a park, actually the grounds of the nearby Julian hospital.
Great video as always John. The garden building is fascinating. My first thought was Victorian because of the rounded arches but they seem almost too flat at the top. And the door / window tops have more of a Tudor shape but I don't think the building is that old, so maybe they're a retro fit... It's certainly got my interest, please do update us if anyone is able to help! An architectural historian perhaps?
Thanks Daisy. I suspect the building is the same age as the house, so possibly late Victorian. Yes it's very intriguing! Too big for the normal outside loo.
Hi Tracey, I will certainly do that, but it won't be until the early part of next year, I'm afraid. In the meantime, parts of this video include some shots from around the area of Heigham Street. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wLtr7t690ZY.html
The Dereham Road Post Office is the old Post Office that stood on the market place in East Dereham. Unfortunately demolished in the late 1960s. It is now a Subway, Betting shop and barbers.
John, thanks for another lovely video. I've watched and enjoyed them all. I'm after some help/advice regarding my home in Norwich but obviously don't want to post personal details. It's an old place, possibly an old coach house. I can't find much about its history except that it was around before the time Hellesdon hospital was built. Can you point me in the right direction please. Any help appreciated Graham
I can suggest you look on george.plunkett.co.uk and picture.norfolk.gov.uk. Either might give you relevant pictures, or if you want to send me a personal message via Facebook (there is now a Lost Norwich page) we could perhaps go into more detail.
Lived on Barn Road as a youngster and used to catch the 81 bus to the Earl Of Leicester,remember it being 2d per trip ! Regarding Dereham Road post office there was a sub office at 152 Dereham Road which was on the corner of Alexandra Road,I remember Alan and Doris who ran the Provision Stores and it was a lovely little pub.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich you’re welcome John,this was my neck of the woods as I went to Nelson Street infant school and then on to Wensum View,remember the dairy too.
Looks like the PO could read "Dereham Head Post Office" to me, which would agree with other comments that it was in (East) Dereham. "The Provision Stores" carried on through the 00's (I vaguely recall visiting) and possibly into the 2010's as simply "The Stores" before finally closing.
We used to live on Exeter Street in the 60s. I remember Ladbrokes milkman delivery at our house. Also in the 70s i worked in Micks foam shop. Happy days
Thanks for your comment! You might also like this video which includes historic shots of Exeter Street and the surrounding area.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YYeWv7F1ENI.html
Nice video! Suggest that the voiceover needs mention the date of "today" up front (for the benefit of future viewers). Enjoyed! PS in the 1980's I used to go around taking photos of Norwich pubs (and got a few comissions too)... those of any interest? Forget how many, perhaps 20 or 30. No Earl of Leicester tho. Suspect that the pub was demolished without planning permission & council said "put it back" hence that plot on stop forever.
Thanks very much! It's funny, I was just looking at an old map for another purpose, and was struck by how many pubs the city once had. If you'd be willing to let me use your old photos, I'd love to have the opportunity. It's a good idea to mention the date up front. I've got several videos already done for fortnightly release, but beyond those, I'll certainly do that.
I remember the Earl of Leicester. I went to a pub quiz a couple of days before it shut permanently. It was very sudden and unexpected. There was some talk about getting it being listed, it was demolished before that happened....... Local talk was that someone to do with Norwich City Football Club management wanted to develop the site. The pub was lovely inside. Great shame.
Ah, thank you. I've had it suggested it might have been on Waddington Street in Norwich just off Dereham Road, but the details you have given look definitive!
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich No problem. Not sure if I can send links on this but if you google “old East Dereham Post Office” and have a look on the images you’ll see it there!
The Artful Dodger was so named after Roger Aspland, a used car salesman who I bought a few cars from. He bought the pub in the early 90's and turned it into a karaoke pub which was always rammed even on week nights. I think his business still exists.
At 5 minutes I wonder if there is any more information (names, date of opening/closing) on what looks like a pub with the sign outside? I am assuming it was demolished to make way for the ring road. As usual a very interesting video, thanks!
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Thanks! I did wonder, but it is hard to get a reference point with it being the only building in the photo! I imagined it might have been on the corner of Sweet Briar and Dereham Road roundabout.
@@simonrichardson2586 Thanks Simon! Yes, it is a different building, it didn't look like The Gatehouse today - I never knew that pub went that far back in history!
When the more recent Earl of Leicester pub was demolished, there was a rumour flying about that the site had been 'acquired' by a property developer. That nothing has happened makes one wonder.
I'm pretty sure they demolished it without permission or demolished it when told no and done it anyway. As a result I'm sure the council banned them from building on it.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich The plot thickens! About the dairy; this morning I was cycling along Gloucester Street and spotted a house with a very similar frontage to the one you mention in the video. On the corner of Gloucester Street and Unthank Road is a large and rather ornate building. It might have been a pub at one time.
About the houses rented by Norwich City footballers; until 1961 there was a maximum (yes, maximum) wage for footballers. I think the majority of people rented their homes in the 1950s. It was common for football clubs to own houses and rent them out to players. I don't that happens these days.
Oddly enough, near me, there are a couple of flats that have been rented to NCFC players, but they've both been on loan. I suspect once they get any degree of permanence, they get a luxury pad somewhere!
My parents lived in lodgings with a Mrs Stone in Dereham Road in 1948/9 when they were first married and dad was demobbed. He worked for Fletchers Printers before joining the Eastern Daily Press as a compositor. They were recruited by Dr Calvin Wells and moved to The Mount, Rosary Road where he had a surgery and I was born in 1950 before moving to 75 Thorpe Rd where his new surgery was located. My mum was his receptionist/caretaker/cleaner etc. Next to Rainthorpes Stationers pictured in your video was a butchers shop on the corner of the next road and I remember we used to go there to buy our meat even though it was far from Thorpe Hamlet as my parents knew them from having lived in Dereham Road. Cant remember the name of the shop though
I know my family had a butchers shop somewhere on Dereham Road but I haven’t a clue where it was. We also had shops on Magdalen Street and St Stephens Street - when they closed I don’t know but I believe it was sometime probably in the 1950s.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich It might have been St Benedicts rather than Dereham Road - there’s an EDP reference to it being damaged in the Baedeker air raids in 1942 in WWII.
monuments news agent, were we bought our sweets, got fags for my dad and my first job delivering news papers, also had a side job of keeping the trade bikes in working order. Living on helena rd we had the cemetery at the end of the garden. the dial pub was my dads local, played cribage every friday night, we got to stay up late when our parents went to the pub and watch what we wanted on tv.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Thank you for posting it, John. As we know Norwich is indeed 'a fine city', and its history is fascinating. I really enjoyed watching your video.
