Lost Norwich - Duke Street
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Now a main road away from the city centre, this was once a much narrower street, and much shorter, as it would take in part of Pitt Street to reach its current length. It is named after the Duke's Palace, now the site of a car park.
The picture of E.G. Reeve is a Bridewell Museum image, and I've been asked to credit them specifically.
Thanks, John, for another informative video. In the late 1970s, I was working at a Printed Circuit Board company at 25/27a Muspole Street. Behind the archway that can still be seen at that premises, there was a courtyard whose surface was laid with various stone slabs of varying sizes. One weekend the company pulled some of these slabs up to lay a larger water pipe between the buildings at the front (now 27a) and those at the back. They discovered that the slabs were actually old gravestones - possibly from the de-consecrated St Mary's Coslany Church - laid face down!
That's a great story, there must be lots of our cities history under our feet we do not know about.
Wow, what a great story, thanks so much for adding it!
Thanks John, very informative as usual. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Tim. I hope you're doing ok.
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Hi John, yes coping at the moment thank you.
Good. Stay in touch Tim.
I have very fond memories of the old library. Just inside at the entrance was a metal grate type mat set into the floor. It was noisy when you stepped on it, so as young lads, we made sure it made a noise as we went in - ! 😅
Sounds like you would've ignored any shhhh-ing from the staff - something that doesn't happen any more!
Ahh, but this was at the main entrance downstairs before you went up to the lending part, thus not a problem as such as far as we were concerned - ! 😆
Ah I see, you knew it well!
I worked for Norwich Relays, and our vans were parked in the Dukes Palace pub garage!!
Ah that's great, thanks for that detail!
Another fine video John, one that demonstrated massive changes in the area. I did not know about the dukes palace. When I lived in the area Duke street was my route into the city. 1993 We had just moved to Norwich as I was leaving the RAF, I was on longterm leave. my wife started work pretty quickly, part time, I spent my time doing up our flat. A couple of times a week we walked into the city up duke street.for an early meal in the afternoon. We avoided the city on a Saturday, The old school had various clubs, my wife and I would spent Saturday there playing badminton. Happy times when our lives changed forever.
Thanks very much Dave, I'm glad the video evoked such memories.
Thanks as always for your dedication and hard works John. You always send me on a walkabout after watching your fascinating videos so it looks as though I'm wandering down Dewk Street today! 😊
Thanks Peter, take care down there!
Thank you so much for your video. How beautiful this street used to be.
Thank you for your comment. It certainly did.
Thank you for another fascinating video.
You always amaze me with the mixture of things that have changed beyond recognition and those that are exactly the same.
Mixed with fantastic snippets that I didn’t know before.
Only thing that makes me wince is those historic images that were taken AFTER I was a lad. Surely the 1980’s were only a couple of weeks ago.
Sounds like you're a youngster Adrian! I present a 60s and 70s radio show - now that sounds like yesterday! When all my troubles were so far away 🤣
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When I say lad….
I do seem to remember a trip (or two) to The City when my dad parked the car on the site of the telephone exchange next to what was then St Andrew’s car park.
I think it still is - my son in law parks there!
In the 80s, the school was a leisure centre spend alot of time there using the Multi gym and upstairs taking judo lessons in the main hall kendo lessons. Happy days
I never realised that - thanks for adding that to the comments.
Chimney in the 1930s pic of St Andrews car Park was part of the brewery complex. According to my Grandfather who worked there.
Brilliant, thank you. Presumably a detached part of Bullard's Anchor Brewery?
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich I am not too sure. We show him these videos as he is pushing 90 and has lived in Norwich all his adult life and it's helping him with the dementia. But I did ask him about the "Smoke Stack" as he correct me when asking what the chimney was. and he was adamant that it was part of the brewery complex.
Thanks so much for letting me know -it means a lot to find my videos are being used in such a way. I show them to residents at my mum's care home, and it seems to help.
I thought the Anchor Brewery at first, but the main brewery chimney was further west just beyond the junction of Westwick St. & St. Benedict's.
I'm sure one of your many admirers will let us know John - ! 😊
@@simongee8928 ha ha! You never know...
Awesome video
Thank you!
I wonder if there was some kind of factory or mill where the chimney was, it has the look of a mill chimney to me
Thanks for your comment. I found it difficult to identify this one!
Thank you for another fascinating video. Well researched and presented. What year was the Duke's Palace built and when was it demolished? Thanks!
It was built in 1561, but I'm not sure when it was demolished.
Excellent, nothing on the Lads Club?
Lads Club was on King Street, unless there was another one....?
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Of course it was, the old grey matter got confused
@@DJWerkz it comes to us all!🤣
Great, as ever, but is your health okay, John? I can detect a very slight change in your speech patterns. Hope you are fine.
Thank you, as far as I know I'm fine! I'm getting older and my voice is getting deeper, but hopefully nothing more than that!