That final shot you forgot to give a year for - 'and here we see Fye bridge in 80,000,000 BC!' I recently bought a copy of 'Norwich Tramways' from City Bookshop so I was spotting the tramlines in the historic photos.
Good point Luke, it definitely needed that sort of comment - I missed an open goal there! Just imagine a tram journey along that route - the noise, the views.....
Rosiers stirred up a memory! I was born 1980 and my parents both worked in Magdalen Indoor market, so I roamed Magdalen Street as a youngster. I remember when Throckmorton Yard was excavated as they found dozens of skeletons (around 1987 maybe?), and let the public walk around the excavation on planks.
Another excellent video and brilliant to see our family pork butchers shop, owned by my Great Uncle Lionel at 92 Magdalen Street in 1936. I knew we had a shop on Magdalen Street but I’ve never been able to ascertain where it was and never seen a photo of it before so this was a real treat. Many thanks.
Fond memories of the Brunswick Bowling. A school pal and I used to frequent there in the mid sixties. After some games, we'd have a run on the one arm bandits, occasionally having a few wins - ! 😁
It was interesting to learn that Magdalen Street was once a Roman Road. I loved the Doll's Hospital! Great days when we didn't have a throwaway society. Fantastic research and so much fascinating information. I'm going to re-watch!
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Having been on of the thousands of crazy people who did Run Norwich on Sunday. I kept remembering snippets of your videos on the route.
Hi John, I was part of the archeological volunteer team which surveyed the St Mary's site before Throckmorton Yard was built over the top of it. Plenty of skeletons had been found in what was the old churchyard.
Hi John, my son Logan is five and loves watching your videos! He is autistic and enjoys looking at maps of Norwich. Thank you for uploading! We love watching them.
That's fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing that. If Logan has a special street, or area, or subject that he likes, let me know and I'll do a video especially about that. I hope he spotted the dinosaur in this one!
Hi John,great posting again,this video and the previous Magdalen Street posting got me thinking about how many pubs were on the street,I decided to have a look in my Jarrolds 1924 directory which in size is a smaller version of a Kelly’s directory,there were seventeen public houses at that time including two Red Lions! As I was checking through I noticed there were several butchers shops so I took a count and there were eleven! Cheers and look forward to the next video.
Thanks Kev. Amazing stuff! 17 pubs - well I guess there would need to be several to get to that legendary total of a pub for every day of the year! But 11 butchers shops. Wow! Obviously a period before vegetarianism was invented!
Yep I guess so! Earlier this year I went through the complete book and counted 439 public houses,probably go one of two above that due to miscount but i reckon in the mid to late 19th century you could add at least another hundred,I would have thought slum clearance would have resulted in the decline but I’m only speculating.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich I couldn’t hazard a guess but not many! In 1924 Ber Street had 16 pubs and St Benedict’s had 13 , King Street upper and lower had 22 ! Choice of pubs and choice of Norwich breweries must have been good !
I loved seeing photographs of the old buildings that made up the area and hearing about their interesting history. I'm not a fan of the Brutalist style of Architecture at all and feel very sad that a number of these lovely old buildings were demolished to make way for Anglia Square and the Fly-over. Thank you for another fascinating, well-researched Video! JFOS 😊
Hey John, love your videos and have shared with friends! I have noticed loads of feedback signal on your audio recordings recently! It makes my desk vibrate! Might be worth looking into for better sound quality :)
Thanks Max, yes sound is an issue for me. I've received some advice over the months, but so far nothing seems to quite get rid of that background hum. However, somebody suggested something very simple that I will try - but because I've already completed some future videos, it won't have any effect until mid-January.
Hi John, the Queens arms photo in 1995 was just after my mate gave up as the landlord, moving towards the city just out of view through the gap, Scamps, only went in there once, and ended up married. I guess you are not a fan of Anglia square, its a semi modern eyesore that needs to go. loved the video looking forward to the next.
Thanks Dave, I'm not a particular fan of Anglia Square, but that's more because it looks neglected rather than what it might have originally looked like/been intended to be.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Hi John, in 1993 I lived close to Anglia square for about 18 months, it looked neglected even then, the area under the flyover still looks like its never been finished, its the one area of Norwich that lets the city down.
When I was very little I can remember my grandmother taking me to Anglia Square and putting on her 'Sunday best' dress. For her generation, going to Magdalen Street and the surrounding area was quite an event, it would seem.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich - my father is dropping me off his collection of local history books next week. If you would like to borrow any you would be most welcome indeed. You and I only live a ten minute walk from each other so it would be no trouble in getting them to you. If you like, I can tell you what titles I have when they arrive.
Thanks Samantha for the suggestion. I assume you mean St George's Street. That would definitely be interesting - I know that because it runs parallel to Calvert Street, which I am currently working on, and has a number of links. I'll add it to my list.
Thank you. A few people have commented similarly. I used to have background music to videos but people found it distracting. Unfortunately it's the background hum that's now a distraction! I hope it didn't spoil the video for you.
