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From: "Andy Milne" <>
Subject: RE: Norwich Pubs
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:28:13 -0000


John

> >Black Boys (now The Merchants of Colegate) 32, Colegate
> Two black Boys are listed in 1830, one in St. Clements, one Barrack St.
> Which, if either, is now the Merchants?
St Clements

> >Gibraltar (full name Gibraltar Gardens) 288 Heigham St.
> I have this as just Heigham, Same one?
Yes

> >Lamb (probably the inn that the 'Back of the Inns' is at the back of)
> >Haymarket, I think it is the oldest pub in continuous use in Norwich,
> but I
> >am prepared to be corrected.
> The Lamb in which I have interest is stated as St. Michael's, Costany
> Road. Same one?
No

> >Magpie 34, Magpie Road
> The Magpie in which I have interest is stated as St. Augustine's. There
> is another listed as simply Catton. Which, if either, is this?
St Augustines

> >Whalebone 144 Magdalen Road
> The Whalebone in which I have interest is stated as New Catton. Is this
> the above as another is listed at King St?
Magdalen Road runs through New Catton so could be.

> >Wherry 98-100 Lawson Rd
> Address given as King St. Same one?
No Lawson Rd runs from Magdalen Rd to Sprowston Rd, but this has jogged my
memory in that the building is a modern one although it may have retained
the old name. The King St Wherry may no longer exist as a pub, there are
two I can think on Kings St, The Ferry Boat and one other, whose name
escapes me, by Carrow Bridge. I will check its name when I go past on
Thursday night.

>
> The addresses, where available, for those not covered above are:
>
> Bess of Bedlam, St. Martin's at Oak
Sadly no longer there, a casualty of the Luftwaffe and inner ring road. But
there is a photo of it on page 42 of "Disappearing Norwich" by George A F
Plunkett ISBN 0-86138-057. It was a 'twin' with the 'Tom o Bedlam', also in
St Martins at Oak. Why don't they resurrect names such as these rather than
creating abominations like 'Ferret and Firkin'.

> Coopers Arms, Princes St.
No longer there, although the building might be. Incidentally there was a
Temperance Hall on Princes St in 1890.

> Distillery, Distillery St.
Unlikely as this area has been redeveloped

> Drum, St. Swithen St.
Again redeveloped, probably under the car park opposite Comet

> Duke of York, St. Lawrence
Sorry

> Elephant, Magdalen St.
Probably demolished. There are still a number of pubs on Magdalen St, none
called the Elephant, but the western side of a large stretch from Stumps
Cross (junction with Botolph St) to Magdalen Gates was demolished to build
the inner ring road flyover and Anglia Square.

> Globe, Scoles Green
Underneath Rouen Road

> Lakenham Whitehouse, Trafalgar St.,New Lakenham
Sorry

> New Greyhound, Ber St.
Don't think it is still there but it may have been re-named as there are at
least four pubs still on Ber St.

> Old Crown, St. Martin's at Oak
Sorry.

> Paul Pry, Hamlet Place
Can't even find Hamlet Place!

> Queens Head, Cowgate St.
Again unlikely as the inner ring road finished off what the Luftwaffe
started in 1942. But I'll try to remember to take a stroll along whats left
next time I am at the NRO as it is just across Magdalen St from there.

>
> Very many thanks for your interest and help Andy.
>
> Is your interest in pubs purely academic? Mine isn't!
Snap

> I suppose those that have survived will have, at one time, been taken
> over by Watney's!
Yes, it became a bit of a desert through the 70's and early 80's with only a
couple of pubs serving Adnams to remind us of what real beer tasted like.
But things have improved greatly since then.

>
> May be able to buy you a pint when Chris and I come up for our nostalgia
> crawl.
Only too happy to oblige :-))
Andy Milne

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