The stories of Tombland, which has been an open space in the centre of Norwich for over a thousand years, and seen its fair share of violence over the centuries.
I grew up in Norwich and left at age 18 to go to Uni. Never been back as I have since then lived and worked around the world. As I near retirement I feel a definite pull to return, if only to reminisce and re-live childhood memories. Your videos help be get my Norwich 'fix' in the meantime. Thanks for all you do, John.
I stayed, with my wife, for a few days at The Maid's Head in 1978. Our room looked out on to Tombland, and it was rather noisy from the traffic. The missus wasn't too well; turned out to be morning sickness! As usual, a very interesting account of this part of Norwich.
Hi John - one of my favourite areas of Norwich - thanks for sharing some of the history - been tuning in regularly to your videos for a while - always fascinating - regards Edward 🙂
Very wonderful. Interesting it was the old center. Boswells music venue/pub was next to Erpingham House for many years. Maids Head..amazing..800 years.
Brilliant! - I used to go dancing at the Sampson and Hercules in the early 1980s - it was so chintzy back then - loads of trouble most of the time, constant fighting in and outside the club but it was great. I recall the bouncers being particularly horrible....
In 1983 I took a temporary job at the Maids Head Hotel after being made redundant. Owner, who I think was Mr. Cook was an absolute tyrant, unliked by all and in my experience a very unpleasant man. He always seemed to be at his Masons club on Elm Hill but he did have some really cool cars, a Gordon Keeble to name one.
Thanks for you suggestion. To be honest I don't know where to begin. My initial thought is that sometimes I would see a photo of a charity shop, which I could collect in a folder and eventually I might have enough to make a video. Leave it with me and I'll see what I can do, or if I can come up with any better methodology.
@@adrianmower385 ah, ok - this video may be of interest in that context. It has a shot of Magdalen Street, pretty close to that shop. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YYeWv7F1ENI.html
Thanks I have seen that video I did find that interesting the main reason for me asking about history of charity shops is because I have been volunteering in charity shops for ten years now in almost every charity shops the main charity shop I am in now is age uk on London Street and we desperately need volunteers if you know of anyone who' want to volunteer in a charity shop or to do some work experience they must be 16 years and over we are a very friendly bunch
@@adrianmower385 ok thanks. If you can possibly give me some addresses of charity shops you've worked in, I may be able to identify historic photos, and then I could put some sort of message on the film about volunteers.
Always a pleasure John watching your videos. I helped put this video together by trawling Google for photos of Norwich to be used as a slideshow to accompany some music. I thank you for helping me be interested in a city I have yet to visit. Warm regards ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dg77RAsimFc.htmlsi=E0gu_8VboR7uwxFt
Thank you Xavier for your comments and for sharing this video. I'd recommend anyone who likes my channel to watch it - a great compilation of old photos and superb backing track. If you like, I'll put it on my Lost Norwich Facebook page.
