The Samson and Hercules figures are actually fibreglass replicas installed in 1999. The originals were early 17th century, so were getting on a bit already when the house was built! They were moved to the back garden around 1790-ish and reinstalled at the front by an antiques dealer who had the place in 1890. The original Hercules had badly rotted so a replacement was made at that time, and the original is long lost. They stayed there until 1992 when Samson's arm fell off. The original Samson has been restored and is now in The Bridewell Museum. Hercules is in storage awaiting similar treatment. As part of it's later history, the building became Ritzy's Nightclub in 1983 and for a while had the most innovative lighting rig in Europe, and appeared several times on the appalling 'The Hitman And Her' TV show :~)
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So beautiful video and so useful information 💚💛💚
Thank you. I do not do a history tour but just some general information. pleased you enjoyed it.
Thank you for showing us this walk around Tombland. Excellent video.
Glad you enjoyed it
all these places iv seen so nice to be reminded in the comfort of my lounge please make more thanks x
More to come!
The Samson and Hercules figures are actually fibreglass replicas installed in 1999. The originals were early 17th century, so were getting on a bit already when the house was built! They were moved to the back garden around 1790-ish and reinstalled at the front by an antiques dealer who had the place in 1890. The original Hercules had badly rotted so a replacement was made at that time, and the original is long lost. They stayed there until 1992 when Samson's arm fell off. The original Samson has been restored and is now in The Bridewell Museum. Hercules is in storage awaiting similar treatment.
As part of it's later history, the building became Ritzy's Nightclub in 1983 and for a while had the most innovative lighting rig in Europe, and appeared several times on the appalling 'The Hitman And Her' TV show :~)
Thank you for the added information. I am new to Norwich so I respect that some people who have been here much longer than me will know a little more.
Hope you know who Am I Harry 😂😂🌝
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Rowan why not drop me an email via my website?
@@HarrysHappenings couldn’t take your email from my business account ,
Why not make a personal one?
@@HarrysHappenings just sent you from my personal one 😊