This episode has given me a great idea for a title and setting for my first ever crime novel. Thanks for making this video.

This video was of much interest to me as a former resident of Eaton.

My Dad lived in Leopold Close in the 1950's and as a small boy attended Unthank Collage on Newmarket Road ,located between Daniels Road and Leopold Road .The headmaster was a chap called Dudley Miller. Also in Eaton Village there was a sweet shop named Otterways .

Another fantastic video

I bought a moped from this woolies!!

Excellent informative video as ever John. You have a knack of finding some amazing archive photos - ! 😊

Thanks very much for the video. I lived in Poplar Avenue, just off the Newmarket Road from 1943-1945. I was quite young then! Google maps still refuse to cover it. I remember a unit of US tanks taking a wrong turning into the cul-de-sac. The commander thought he was turning into Bluebell Road. They are had to go into reverse! It all quite frightened me. More memories, but for another day.

Super stuff as always John. Not strictly related to the content, but I was struck by the NCFC kit (@2:11). Some players have left side blue and others right side blue on their tops. Is this genuine or just an artefact of the colourization, does anybody know?

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I was looking forward to seeing this one, particularly as I did the long walk too! Newmarket Road has kept much of its historical tree-lined identity, which is lovely except for the abundance of trees making it very difficult to find the houses we were searching for! Oh dear, the village sign! They were obviously struggling for ideas! Btw, I didn't hear any buzzing on my laptop but you should perhaps consider seeking advice about improving the quality of the sound. I know we need to improve our sound quality when we go out and about. A very enjoyable video, well-researched and presented. Thank you!

Another great video! I was just thinking in a 100 years won't it be cool is someone used your videos and pictures to show how it looks now to how it will look in 2124 ! Pretty cool to think of X

Superb video, John. I attended Town Close school between 1987 - 1993 and spent many days walking up the Newmarket road to get to the playing fields. I was always fascinated by the many different styles of houses. There really is so much history in this part of the city.

Always amazing videos!

I liked the old Images John of what is now for many just a route out of Norwich. Hope you enjoyed your Walk, looking forward to the next Video.

I love this content but the audio is absolutely terrible! How come the buzzing is back? I live in Norwich and can help if you need :)

Another excellent vid

Thank you John for all your time and effort. Newmarket rd and Eaton still seem to retain their historical look.

I've lived in Norwich for a very long time John, but your wonderful videos show me a Norwich that I never knew existed and as I walk around, I see it with new eyes. Thank you so much.

I use to live on Eaton Street opposite the delivery entrance for Roy's/waitrose. A bit noisy at time about it was a nice place. It was even better when there was a bakery in the row of shops 😂

Good News! Another Lost Norwich video. Thanks John.

My Mum had a Saturday job in Woolies' Rampant Horse Street branch in the mid 60s. I also bought my first record there and, like you John, I still have it! Your videos are a great insight into a great city. Thank you.

oh no, the audio issues are back :(

Remember going to the cinema in the late 50's with my Mum (I was too young to go on my own) and we saw "Reach For The Stars" (The film about Douglas Bader) and The Dambusters

Brilliant, as always. How long does it take to research for one of these videos? Have you ever done one which included the Orford Cellar? Hope you are keeping well?

Excellent ! Thank you, John...really enjoyed that. As to dating that photo from the cars, well, I am going to go with a Mini, a Morris and a Humber - but I can date the photo as 2nd June 1962 from the nasturtium beds !! 😃 😀 😄

Would love to see you carry on down the road a bit further, just till you pass my house!

I found this so fascinating. I immediately watched it through again! Poor old Thomas Browne, kept inside a shed, labelled as art. Thank goodness they released him from that hideous construction! What a fabulous photo of the escaped cattle relaxing on the grass outside St. Peter Mancroft Church! The old nighttime view was so charming. I wanted to step inside the photograph and walk along the illuminated street. Ooh, I used to love going into Snob! Great picture of the old White Horse pub. Haha, the piece of land in the experiment became a carpark! The newly renovated Hay Hill looks so much better than before. It's so nice to see some greenery, although I do have fond memories of the old water feature outside C & A overflowing with bubbles! Thanks for a brilliant vlog ❤

Fascinating as ever, keep 'em coming.

Lambert's on the corner of White Lion St. was one of the best retailers of virtually every 's smoking requisite' you could imagine in the 70s. A wonderful shop with the smell of so many loose tobaccos - ! 😊 Such a shame that the name on the front of the George & Dragon was chiselled off. It was part of the history of the building and such wanton vandalism should be illegal - ! 😮

Great video John. I well remember sitting on the grass below the statue of Sir Thomas Browne in the early 70’s whilst the aroma of another type of grass wafted around before sloping off to Just Johns deli in White Lion Street for a chunk of cheesecake. Things seemed a lot more relaxed then.

This is where all the goths and emos used to congregate in the mid 2000s. 'Going up the Haymarket?'

What was the reasoning behind building C&A and Topshop? Both are contenders for most visually offensive buildings in the city centre!

Another very interesting video of the history of that area but just think about the money the Council has SPENT there & other places like Castle Meadow & St Steven’s that in my opinion hasn’t been worth what it cost.

I remember the makeshift shed. You could walk through it right next to the statue. Had my first pub beer in Backs.

Interesting as usual. I really like the the recent changes. Lovely and leafy with places to sit and the gentle sound of water 👍🏻

When I was at the Art School in the Sixties, Back's in the Haymarket was a favoured venue (among many others!) for us and for the UEA people. There was a front entrance, and another at the back which was a passageway out into one of the lanes behind. When the police were in action on catching pot smokers etc., they came rushing in the front, and everyone rushed out the back. Next raid around, and the process was reversed. Back's management took a very dim view of it all.

Ah, so the brain has been removed? An urban planning lobotomy....🧐

Great piece John! As someone has already pointed out I do recall the waterfall foaming! It’s incredible to see the constant changes over the years. It seems as though the City Council could never really decide what they ought to do with the Haymarket. The latest iteration looks nice but for how long?

Dad thinks the picture @1:22 might have been late 60s early 70s. He remembers the have picnic lunches on the green when he and grandparents would travel to the city for a day's shop

Yes i remember Saturday mornings making our way down to C&A an TopShop back in the 80's grabbing a bottle fairy liquid on the way and adding it to the fountain.

I'm afraid I was guilty of squirting fairy liquid into the older water feature. Gravity took the suds to Littleworths doors and shoppers wading through the suds. As kids we thought it hilarious 😂

I used to love going "Up the city" when I was little ❤

Interesting video John, I think poor old Sir Thomas Browne is holding his confused head, trying to understand why this area has had so much money spent on it, Looking back at the nice green grass photo with Peter Mancroft in the background is much better than the recent versions of concrete expanses. Trees, grass, seating, would make a nice change in the city centre, taking into account you only have to walk up to the forum to see another mass area of concrete.

Another great video. :)

Excellent John! A Saturday lunch drink in the George and a wander round the city- and watching the bubbles after the lads dumped detergent in the the water feature , happy days 😊

Brilliant video. Great to see.

Can anyone remember the Palomino horse in C&A?

Thank you for yet another great video John. What is the wooden structure standing in the new Haymarket area?

Thanks John. Another fascinating video.

Loving all these nostalgic videos. I was a 6-year old and remember the water feature outside C&A like it was yesterday! I remember sitting on the wall, more poignantly so, in the great summer of 1976 and enjoying the cool sensation from the waterfall. Thanks for the wonderful memories 😅