Lost Norwich - From 2024 Back to the 1980s
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Norwich scenes from 2024 are compared to their equivalents in the 1980s. This is the 100th Lost Norwich video. From this point onwards I will be producing Lost Norwich videos every third Thursday.
First of all, were the 1980s really 40 years ago?! Wow, it seems like only yesterday. Interesting to see that some areas have changed significantly during that period but also that some have not changed much at all. I remember the cinemas being busy with lots of good films to see. I did wonder why so many of the 80s photographs were in black and white, but then I saw your response about George Plunkett's archive being mainly in black and white. I thought you were being artistic with your editing! Another well-researched and edited video - very enjoyable, thank you 😊
Thank you, yes indeed those 1980s seem like yesterday! It is interesting that the photos suggest limited change over those 40 years, whereas the 40 before had much more.
Thanks for the video John. In the 80's the building under the signs on farmers avenue was a amusement arcade. On the opposite side of the road was zaks burger hut on the edge of the car park. I always remember the manager at the old abc/cannon cinema. Was a right misery guts and reminded me of Mr Bronson out of Grange Hill.
Thanks very much for the info Andrew. Did Zaks move across the road, as I can definitely remember it near those advertising boards?
Thank you as always John. As usual I'll be walking the video to savour all this lovely local architectural history.😊
Thank you Peter, that should keep you fit!
Happy New Year John, congratulations on your 100th Video, most of the earlier photos cover the period when I lived in Scotland and Germany with the RAF, so fills a missing period, thanks. Its made me think how little we visited Norwich in those years, especially when in Germany, when we had little chance, as Family always wanted to come out to us.
Thank you Dave, and Happy New Year to you too. Yes, this later period has its own interest, with not so much obvious change having taken place.
Thanks for that. I frequented many of the drinking establishments shown in the video! In the 1980’s I worked at Anchor House near the Anchor Wine Bar.
Thank you. I don't remember the Anchor Wine Bar, and only found out about it when doing this video.
Excellent, very interesting. We did have colour photographs back then though.
Thank you, glad you found it interesting. As for colour photos, George Plunkett's archive is my main source and the vast majority of his are black and white. The very few colour ones he did were, paradoxically, much earlier than the 1980s.
I was born in 1987 (in the old N&N of course) so I don't remember much of this. Would love to see a video just like this, but of the mid to late nineties, when my memory should kick in!
Also John I wondered if you'd considered a small map up in the top corner as you do these tours around the city, maybe it could animate around as the photos progress. No idea how you'd do it but it might add a little 😊
Thanks Luke, great comment. Maybe next year's first video will be back to the 90s, we'll see! As for the map, I'm not sure I'm talented enough to do such a thing, but I agree it would be a great idea. If you look at the map at the beginning of this video, it has little green dots showing where the photos were taken.
Way to go to making me feel old, chap! I was just becoming a grown up in the eighties. Seriously though - another great vid
Tell me about it! The 1980s seem like yesterday!
Great informative video again John.
The house in Cowgate was owned and lived in until the late 70's by the Price sisters. It was their family that owned Price's Dept store on Botolph St, just up from Barclays bank on Stump Cross.
That's great, I love it when additional details are provided, thanks Andy 👍
Thanks for another wonderful video
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Very informative as always, look forward to another year of quality vids.
I'll try!
Great stuff John, keep them coming
Thanks John, I will!
Love these video's, thank you.
Thanks, glad you like them 👍
Another cracking video John. Norwich Camera Centre was my late Uncle Gordon’s business - it was originally located in a smaller shop unit just round the corner in White Lion Street and he eventually relocated to premises in Timberhill which I think is still a camera shop.
Some great additional details there, thanks Martin! There's another comment on here saying that the basement of the shop was haunted.
Absolutely brilliant John. So many memories in one video. Especially the odeon and abc cinemas. Queuing round the corner for the latest film. I believe the odeon at the time was the largest single screen cinema in the uk. If only it was that easy to get back to the 1980s
Thanks very much, glad you liked it. Maybe a time machine is in order!
It’s hard to believe that the 1980s were around 40 years ago! Very interesting to be reminded how much has changed and stayed the same!
That's true, not so many changes in the last 40 years!
Thank for another interesting video👍 I do appreciate your dedication to your presentation! Happy New Year to you John 👌
Thank you so much and happy New year to you too!
I believe that the grain warehouse, viewed from the opposite bank of the river, is a private home. They kept the outside look of the warehouse, but furnished the interior in a 'loft style.' I visited, an 'Open Studio' several years ago.
Oh that's interesting, thanks for adding that detail.
That's class and quite admirable of the people living there.
@@lukewolsey agreed!
Why post every three weeks here and weekly on Facebook John? Thanks in advance.
Sorry, what I meant was that new videos will be every three weeks, but that in between I'll be putting older videos onto Facebook.
John- Thank you for this insightful video!
Thank you very much for your comment!
❤🎉beautiful video 📹 old is gold ✨ 💛 👌 8
Thank you very much, old is gold - I'll remember that one 👍
My dad use to work at Norwich Camra Centre, he said the basement was haunted!
Always fascinating to hear such things!
Norwich is such an interesting city!
Thank you. I agree!
Congratulations on your century
Thank you! Very kind.
Excellent as usual. Thank you.
Thanks very much!
Interesting, as ever.
Nice to have a video with so little change.
Thank you so very much.
Thanks Adrian. I thought it might be quite interesting to see something recent ......like the 1980s!
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich
Yes indeed.
Just the other week those pesky 1980s.
@@adrianrutterford762 😆
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شكرًا لك!😀
It's good to see that Little Bethel Street is being refurbished; much better than the 80s photo. 😊
When the new Odeon opened in the early 70s, my dad and mum went to see a film there and they booked 'Pullman seats' that were better padded and had higher backs, but more expensive as my mum had developed neck trouble by then. Nothing was too good for my mum - ! 😊
I agree, Little Bethel Street is showing improvement. Ah Pullman seats, I remember seeing them advertised. Not sure why they were called that....
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich I always understood that it was the impression of comfort associated with the luxury Pullman trains developed by George W. Pullman in the U.S.A.
@@simongee8928 good one, thank you. That makes sense!
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich Britain ran Pullman style trains from around 1906 until the 1990s, the most famous one being the Brighton Belle. 🙂
@@simongee8928 thank you Simon.
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At one time Prince of Wales road was a grand entrance into the city from the train station now it’s a 💩💩 hole. I didn’t know the Compleat Angular was originally the bridge toll house. Interesting.
Apparently POW Road is on the up! Let's hope so. We'll see....
@@JohnAtkinsLostNorwich it can’t get any worse than it is at min.
Walked up Prince of Wales with my kids back to Castle Meadow from the station the other day, lots of questions from them about why the 'cafes' (kebab shops) weren't open. My five year old son spotted something on the floor and went to pick it up before I yanked him away, had to explain that it wasn't the sort of place you could pick things up off the floor!
@@lukewolseyabsolutely! But hopefully one day it'll be on the up.
@@lukewolsey I can’t understand why on earth women walk along there in bare feet, I wouldn’t walk any road in bare feet but certainly not along there.