Met my future wife when she lived in Gertrude road, we were regulars at the Cygnet, we married in St Mary Magdalen church across the road in 1974. eventually moving into RAF married quarters for the next twenty one years, now live in Sprowston. We went down to the church last year for selfies on our anniversary. Thanks for the video , happy memories
me and my partner owned silver stores and we purchased it in 1996 when the previous owner ( Terry ) renamed it from betashak to movieshak as vhs had won the battle and we renamed it to silver stores upon the rental industry in decline.
Fascinating John! I grew up on Elm Grove Lane so this area is really familiar to me - I really enjoyed this one! Question for you- have you heard of the Philadelphia Adult School? It was on Philadelpia Lane - there was an alleyway from Penn Grove that ran past it. But I can't find any records of it on Google at all! Thanks!
Thank you Daisy, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I haven't heard of that school, and I know the area has changed dramatically. You could look at the website oldmapsonline.org to see if that helps to identify it. I'd like to do a video on schools at some point.
Another great video, John! I used to live on Albany Road - maybe that triangle, whose borders are denoted by Waterloo, Magpie and Magdalen Roads ought be called the bronze triangle! One of the interesting things around that general area is spotting the places where newer houses have been built to replace those destroyed in the Baedeker bombings of 1942. You can spot these on the southern side of Albany Road itself - the same bomb also destroyed a lot of the northern side of Shipstone Road, which was rebuilt as flats. Nearby about halfway up Patterson Road you can see the newer builds on both sides of the road. The Silver triangle seems to escaped most of the devastation though the Norwich bomb map has a few tags in the upper part of the triangle and I suspect the newer builds on Branford Road and Northcote Road might have been the result of that.
In 1903, 8 houses on Beaconsfield Road were sold by Circus owner George Gilbert. Presumably this was to pay for the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth which he built at the same time.
This video was packed full of fascinating facts! I really enjoyed finding out about the lost buildings of the past, and seeing the wonderful old photographs. Thank you!
On the corner of Spencer Street by the entrance to Bull Close School there was a bakers shop that made fresh bread on-site. Our family used to buy our bread from there and it was a heavenly smell when going to school as a very small boy. It now appears to be Pearl Beauty store
Ooooh I spotted something that brought back memories at 00:58. Next to the derelict tram- is that an Austin A50? or Austin Somerset? Right moving on...what I love about these videos is knowing that some of the more iconic and beautiful buildings have been lovingly retained. These buildings are landmarks and rightly deserve their place in every town. Like loving distant relatives - who remind us of who we are and where we belong. Nice one John! 💖🇳🇿🙋♀🇳🇱
Another really interesting insight into a lesser known part of the city. All the more interesting for me as my parents lived on Knowsley Road when I was born. Often frequent The Leopard pub now after Norwich City’s evening games. Some cracking pubs in the area now including The Stanley. 👍
Just subscribed to your channel - I've lived in Norwich since around 1970 and thought I knew a bit about it but evidently not. Love the quick-fire format of your videos that keep the momentum going but give me the choice to pause on a picture if I want to.
In the early 60s, ehind the smaller police station were what I believe were stables. Whether they were connected to the police station or the Artichoke, I don't know.
Thanks for commenting. I'll see if I can find sufficient material to do one - in the meantime, although not specifically about the Heartsease, this gives some of its history. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KUbM-tgGDJw.html
I'm afraid I have no idea, nothing comes up with a google. Typically roads within an area might have themed names, so Heath, Clarke, Shipstone and others may have connections in some way.
W Chittock operated for about ten years. He was nephew or cousins to the Chittock brothers Arthur and William whose shoe business eventually settled on top of Silver Road. They lived next door to each other for a while on Magdalen Road, next door to the Stanley.
Thank you John always interesting as usual. Hope you don't mind I have a question. Do you Know the designer of Cavell House, Stannard Place, St Crispins Road. Norwich. Regards T.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich I have a feeling they may have been designed by the same person who built Wensum View, Lakenham, George White and other school and institutional buildings around Norwich but it is a guess
Thank you very much Mariusz, that means a lot - especially after I got a rather abusive comment on my Guildhall video this morning. It's great that there are kind people like you to redress the balance!
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich I already live in Norwich for the last 17 years and has always been very curious of all these remains which you so greatly explain in your videos. If you are a Patreon member, I will be be more than happy to donate to your channel. I would not be surprised if the city could help a bit as well. Don't worry, abusive comments only show the level/lack of intelligence of such people. Carry on doing good work for Norwich!
@@mariuszzaborowski I'm not a Patreon member, but thank you for your thoughtfulness. Simply by watching these videos on youtube you are contributing to a fund, through the advertising, which I intend to put towards the replacement of some shabby green plaques that can be seen around the city.
Such a lot to take in! Something that caught my eye was the ghost sign (?) which mentioned the business was a tea dealer. I don't know this part of the city at all but I'll be doing some exploring myself, thanks to this video.
Another great video. My Mum and Dad were married at St. Mary’s in 1963. Would you happen to know of Jack Chippendale and the location of his boat shop? He was a long time boat builder in Norwich. I’m a shipwright myself and learned the trade from a fellow who apprenticed under him in the 80’s.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich thnx for the link, very interesting. It was serendipitous that I started working for this boat shop here in B.C. Canada and after a few months the owner and I were chatting away and he tells he went to a boat building school in Lowestoft and then on to Norwich to apprentice. What a surprise when I told him I was born in Norwich and immigrated to Canada as a child. Sorry for the ramble.
Thanks for your comment. Over time, I've learnt that most of my viewers would prefer not to have the music, and it certainly makes my life easier with all the volume changes required. So nowadays I tend to exclude music on more recent videos.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich The real question is : who told you it's a good idea to stick background noise onto your videos? Second - why did you ever believe them?
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Well - to be slightly pedantic - I don't think it was your idea. You just copied what everyone else. Now we have the scourge of music every damn where - videos, restaurants, et al. Ask people why they do it, and they just look confused ....
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich It was a nice area to live in. The people were very friendly. I enjoyed my time there. It was easy to walk in to the city centre, and it wasn't far from the ring road when driving. I'm not sure if it's still there but I used to shop at PJ'S on the corner of Beaconsfield Road and Spencer Street.
