You never mentioned St Saviours Lane, coming of Magdalen Street to the right was an old shoe factory, which was turned into the Norwich Training Workshop. I remember the building had a walkway over the road to a building which later became the Congregated Board. The building has since been demolished to make way for flats. It would be interesting to know which building's occupied the car park opposite.
Thanks for your comment and the additional details. This photo shows what would have been where the car park is now. georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/S/St%20Saviour's%20Lane%2024%20Pendleton%20House%20[0902]%201936-04-16.jpg
Interesting that the Magdalen Street area used to be known as 'Little Norwich." How sad that the lovely old building with the herringbone brickwork was one of those destroyed to build the flyover. Brilliant research and very interesting narration that accompanied the wonderful old pics.
Great video as always ,as a youngster many moons ago I can remember the flyover being built ,spent many a night at the Jacquard ,your videos bring to the fore times long forgotten.
Good one John, Lots of memories from this video. Met my wife in Scamps off Magdalen street, Had our first joint bank account with the TSB by the flyover. We lost our first child with that bank who refused to believe we wanted an overdraft if we needed it to pay for her funeral, closed the bank account there and then, walked out into next door and opened our account with Nat West. Used to spend lots of time in the various record shops buying first Vinyl and later CD,s in the days before downloads Still prefer looking thru the racks . In the early 90's my mate from the RAF was the landlord of the pub opposite the Cat and Fiddle, many a happy night spent in there.
Thank you Dave for sharing such personal memories. Part 2 about the other side of Magdalen Street will I am sure prompt further recollections in a couple of weeks time.
Hi John,another great video! I remember Queenies chocolate box at number one Magdalen Street,it was a lovely little shop and from what I can remember it was reminiscent of a 1920s confectionery shop.
Thank you for reflecting on the changes which have taken place along the eastern side of Magdalen Street. It's so interesting to see the comparison of the now and then, and as always, the old photographs were fascinating to look at. I've learned a lot that I didn't know before.
In the late 70's there used to be a shop almost under the fly over that sold ground coffee. I can't remember what it was called but I can still remember the delicious smell of freshly ground coffee as you walked passed
I vaguely remember the shop immediately to the left of the fly-over next to the telephone box being a tea/coffee shop of sorts. Can remember going in there and my mum asking me what our brand of coffee machine was (I was 6 years old...), but I knew it was Russell Hobbs! This was around 1987.
Another grand and informative video John. Even though the trams have long gone, circa 1936, some of the cantenary brackets still survive along Magdalen Street. 😁
Another superb video, John. Such is the quality of your work that I press the like button before I've even watched your video! Looking forward to the second part.
Hi John, That was fascinating as always. In some videos such as Ber Street, new buildings predominate but in this one many of the old buildings are still there. What has changed is their use, reflecting changes in consumer habits For example number 53 was a cycle shop in the 1930s when car ownership was uncommon. I'm looking forward to seeing part two.
Another great video - always enjoy the side by side comparison of the historic photos compared to modern day - learnt a lot from your channel over the years 🙂
Great video as always. You mention Fye Bridge being the first crossing point of the Wensum. Presumably it predates Bishop Bridge. Do you know when Fye Bridge was first built?
Many thanks, John! Another well-researched and fascinating video. You do seem to be pumping them out at a fair rate of knots nowadays! I do hear quite a bit of mains hum on the audio, though - is there anything you can do about that?
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Weird indeed! I've sent you a Facebook friend request - it may be that it's not allowing you to see the message until we officially link up on FB!
Thanks for adding your comment. My undertsanding is that it ran along Magdalen Street, King Street, Bracondale and onwards. Maybe there was more than one...or a by-pass!
I used to play badminton in the church. Unfortunately most of it looks terrible now. Especially horrifying is the herringbone building knocked down for a car park and flyover. Roy’s is also bad but great inside!
Always amazing to how many tram tracks there were in in pretty much all city's so many decades ago. Probably electric trams as well? Shame we "progressed" past the point we now need to be again.
So beautiful place... Thumbs up 👍❣️
Thanks so much for leaving a comment!
You never mentioned St Saviours Lane, coming of Magdalen Street to the right was an old shoe factory, which was turned into the Norwich Training Workshop. I remember the building had a walkway over the road to a building which later became the Congregated Board. The building has since been demolished to make way for flats. It would be interesting to know which building's occupied the car park opposite.
Thanks for your comment and the additional details. This photo shows what would have been where the car park is now. georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/S/St%20Saviour's%20Lane%2024%20Pendleton%20House%20[0902]%201936-04-16.jpg
Interesting that the Magdalen Street area used to be known as 'Little Norwich." How sad that the lovely old building with the herringbone brickwork was one of those destroyed to build the flyover. Brilliant research and very interesting narration that accompanied the wonderful old pics.
Thank you very much. The flyover had had the effect of dividing the street into two distinct parts, whereas once it was a cohesive whole.
Great video as always ,as a youngster many moons ago I can remember the flyover being built ,spent many a night at the Jacquard ,your videos bring to the fore times long forgotten.
Thanks very much for your comment Chris.
I love Magdalen Street. This was a fantastic video.
Thank you so much!
Brilliant video
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Good one John, Lots of memories from this video. Met my wife in Scamps off Magdalen street, Had our first joint bank account with the TSB by the flyover. We lost our first child with that bank who refused to believe we wanted an overdraft if we needed it to pay for her funeral, closed the bank account there and then, walked out into next door and opened our account with Nat West. Used to spend lots of time in the various record shops buying first Vinyl and later CD,s in the days before downloads Still prefer looking thru the racks . In the early 90's my mate from the RAF was the landlord of the pub opposite the Cat and Fiddle, many a happy night spent in there.
Thank you Dave for sharing such personal memories. Part 2 about the other side of Magdalen Street will I am sure prompt further recollections in a couple of weeks time.
great to see my house next door to Roy's! Fascinating, thanks John
Great, thanks John - glad it's in there!
Hi John,another great video! I remember Queenies chocolate box at number one Magdalen Street,it was a lovely little shop and from what I can remember it was reminiscent of a 1920s confectionery shop.
Wow that sounds an interesting shop!
Lovely stuff John
Thanks Patrick
Thank you for reflecting on the changes which have taken place along the eastern side of Magdalen Street. It's so interesting to see the comparison of the now and then, and as always, the old photographs were fascinating to look at. I've learned a lot that I didn't know before.
Thank you also for your reflective comment 😉
In the late 70's there used to be a shop almost under the fly over that sold ground coffee. I can't remember what it was called but I can still remember the delicious smell of freshly ground coffee as you walked passed
Thanks for adding that. Smells can bring back memories so strongly.
Hi,think the coffee shop was Wilkinsons but not 100% sure.
I vaguely remember the shop immediately to the left of the fly-over next to the telephone box being a tea/coffee shop of sorts. Can remember going in there and my mum asking me what our brand of coffee machine was (I was 6 years old...), but I knew it was Russell Hobbs! This was around 1987.
Excellent as always
Thanks Jo
Wonderful as ever.
Thanks so much.
Looking forward to part two.
Thanks Adrian - part 2 sees some dramatic changes!
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And more to come if the new developments get the go ahead.
@@adrianrutterford762 very true, but those developments seem to be taking forever!
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Agreed.
One day it will get done….
One day.
@@adrianrutterford762 the words "don't" "hold" and "breath" spring to mind😉
Another grand and informative video John. Even though the trams have long gone, circa 1936, some of the cantenary brackets still survive along Magdalen Street. 😁
Thanks Simon yes I believe you're right.
Another superb video, John. Such is the quality of your work that I press the like button before I've even watched your video! Looking forward to the second part.
Thank you so much! Part 2 is somewhat different - another reason for doing it separately!
Another great video as always!
Thanks very much Anita 👍
Hi John, That was fascinating as always. In some videos such as Ber Street, new buildings predominate but in this one many of the old buildings are still there. What has changed is their use, reflecting changes in consumer habits For example number 53 was a cycle shop in the 1930s when car ownership was uncommon. I'm looking forward to seeing part two.
Thank you Geoff - and part two will be very much a combination of old and ner(er) buildings.
Another great video - always enjoy the side by side comparison of the historic photos compared to modern day - learnt a lot from your channel over the years 🙂
Thank you Edward, I learn a lot from yours too!
Great video as always. You mention Fye Bridge being the first crossing point of the Wensum. Presumably it predates Bishop Bridge. Do you know when Fye Bridge was first built?
Thank you Theo. The original bridge at this point would have dated from around 1153.
Many thanks, John! Another well-researched and fascinating video. You do seem to be pumping them out at a fair rate of knots nowadays! I do hear quite a bit of mains hum on the audio, though - is there anything you can do about that?
Thanks David, I wish I knew how to solve it, but sadly I don't! I was asked to cut out the music, and the him is more noticeable now ☹️
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich I've sent you a message via Facebook Messenger!
@@dvdvnr that's strange, I can see you've sent a message but I can't actually find it! 🤔
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Weird indeed! I've sent you a Facebook friend request - it may be that it's not allowing you to see the message until we officially link up on FB!
Probably not the Roman road. The Roman road to the north from Caistor ran across Mousehold.
Thanks for adding your comment. My undertsanding is that it ran along Magdalen Street, King Street, Bracondale and onwards. Maybe there was more than one...or a by-pass!
I used to play badminton in the church. Unfortunately most of it looks terrible now. Especially horrifying is the herringbone building knocked down for a car park and flyover. Roy’s is also bad but great inside!
Thank you for adding those details. Agree with you on the herringbone building and Roy's!
You didn't mention Looses.
You're right! I don't know how I missed that.
Always amazing to how many tram tracks there were in in pretty much all city's so many decades ago. Probably electric trams as well? Shame we "progressed" past the point we now need to be again.
Trams are lovely things. I was in Nottingham recently and they have really elegant trams gliding around the city.
Wonderful as ever.
Thanks so much.
Looking forward to part two.
Thanks very much! Thursday is the day for part 2.