ROW
THIRTY FIVE ‑ GLOBE ROW.*1
Bailiff Rowe's Row, 1622, 1637,1669*2
Globe Row *2
Harman the Hosier's Row *2
Freemason's Arms Row, 1829 *2
This row was so named from a disreputable
public house at the south‑west corner (prior to 1870). The row ran from Charlotte Street to Market Place. There was at that
time a very old house at the south‑east corner, facing the Market Place
which had a "modern"
front, but one of the old
apartments behind the shop was most original, with its wainscotting and a
richly carved chimney piece. On the
frieze was the date 1640, and the
letters "J.R.S.", the initials of John Rowe and his wife. In the
latter part of the 18th.
century, this house was occupied by Daniel Boulter. He was a member of the
society of friends, and kept
a shop in which he sold "Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, and Pontipool
goods" in the
silversmith, jewellery, cutlery, and toy line, with stationary,
haberdashery, gloves, perfumery and patent medicines. He also dealt in natural curiosities,
antiquities, medals, coins and curious
books, and many other articles. During a long and useful life he made a
collection of "natural and artificial curiosities", together with some paintings, prints,
drawings and books. This he called the
"Museum Boulteraneum", and published a catalogue of it. Boulter died in 1802, and was interred in the Friends
Burial Ground. His collections were
sold off. There was an engraved portrait of
him. *1
The
above‑mentioned house was
early in the 19th. century occupied by
James Harman, hosier, and on his death it passed to Robert Breeze, ironmonger, who died in 1864 aged 77. Later it was
Leach Hardware. The Manclarke Family had a property in this row.
(The Rev.John Manclarke lived in the old vicarage)
In the
Globe Row there lived a woman who was prosecuted in 1866 for neglecting her
infant.*1
- Well before the advent of Social
Workers!
"A magnificent
carved mantlepiece with eight pilasters and Rowe's initials‑ "J R S", with the date
1640 is one of the treasures preserved at Rowe's residence at the S.E. corner
of this row. Leach and son occupy the
premises, and underground (in the
cellar) there still may be found a nicely carved chimney piece
from floor to ceiling, nicely dentalled
and enhanced by the panelled
apartment, now used as a glass‑cutting room. Bailiff Rowe was
mentioned in one of Charles II's
charters to the town. This house
was Boulter's antique museum in the 18th. Century"*2 Leach familybusiness
This Row was not mentioned in the Row Survey of
1936.
In 1952,
Everson and Mancini were
carrying on a business as ice cream manufacturers, at no.2 on the north side, and Mrs.Jones was residing at no.11 on
the south side, and they were still here in 1955.
Thomas Parker
lived at no. 4 on the north side of row 35 from 1913
and earlier, through 1936. Number
4 was
the middle house with a courtyard at the front. The Parkers
had ten children here. Mrs.
Parker came from Stalham on the
day of her marriage, and never
returned there during her entire life, although it had been her wish to do so.
Her maiden name was Mary Tyson, but she was affectionately known
as "Polly". One son,
Tom, was drowned from a fishing boat at the age of 18. Other children of
the family were Charles, Mabel, John,
Kitty, Alice, and William. William was
in the Airforce, and detained in Singapore, presumably in Changi Jail.
He died shortly after this as a result of the abuse. Thomas Parker was an
Irishman, who came from poor stock in the south, and kept longboats on the beach
that were used to row visitors out to Scroby sands. Parker told vivid
and lurid tales of shipwrecks and a bell tolling underwater! He made a goodly sum from this work, but
was fond of drink, and would make straight for the
nearest alehouse on his return. As a result
he severely abused
his wife, and
used to kick her viciously, and was often only
restrained by his children and grandchildren. He wore a white linen suit
every day to work, which had to be
immaculate. Polly had her ten children to cook for every day, whilst Tom Parker spent all the money on the drink
to pour down his throat. Polly took
lodgers in to
make ends meet, and somehow
lived to the age of 83.
Parker himself was not a religious man, but on
his deathbed he called for the last rites, and the Irish priest came along from
St.Mary's Church to see him. They got drunk together, so presumably Parker died
happy, and the priest somehow got himself home again, although he was so drunk
that he could not be held up.
The Parkers had a collection of wooden legs in
a cupboard left as gifts by the lodgers over the years. In the winter the whole family retreated upstairs to live,
because of the water coming in down below. There was an
outside wash house at the front, but
Parker reserved this for his own
use. He often went in there when he was drunk. At other times Parker would sit
drinking cold tea with a teacosy
on his head.
When Mabel Parker married, she moved into her husband's parents home on Row 90. The
Symonds also had ten children, yet somehow there was room for them, although
this house had only two bedrooms. (see row 90)
*1 Palmer
*2 Johnson
*3 Evelyn Plane, 1992