Mention is made of this row in
A.H.Patterson's book "Hayloft to Temple". The
north side is almost entirely occupied by the back entrances to Regent Street. The bridge across
the row connects offices in Regent Street to extensions on the south
side of the row. It was paved in 1907.*2
Patterson out on his houseboat
Row seventy is at
the back of
the houses fronting Regent Street, between Howard Street and King Street. In 1992, Row 70 is one of the few
remaining as in Palmer's time, although as above, this is a very dull row, really just a passage between the back
of Regent Street and the backs of the
arcade shops. Gone however is the splendid Crown Hotel on the north‑east
corner. (see Regent Street) In that
position is presently Sketchly cleaners, in a very plain ugly building, and at the south‑east
corner, Timpson's the shoe shop,
which is how more
building should be undertaken, a
modern building, but in the old Yarmouth style. (beside Sketchly on the
south‑east corner of Regent Street is the empty shop of Dewhurst master
butcher).
The west end of the row no longer connects with Howard
Street, but has its entrance from inside the Victoria Arcade. Entering the row from the west
end, there is on the right a two storey building, at
which is Herring House Trust, resettlement scheme. About a third of the way along the row, surprisingly,
there are some unknown and unused shop
fronts. There is also a shop
front in the row on
herring house. Few now
venture along the row to see them.
Half-way along the row on the
south side is a cross‑row
into row 73, which row cannot be accessed from King
Street, being built upon as Adams Store.
I think that if these rows
although narrow and uninteresting at present could be incorporated as shopping
rows, they could be as busy and excellent as Market Row or the arcade that they lead off. They would
however need substantial rebuilding, in the old fashioned style.
The Occupants, Row Seventy, 1886
( King
Street to Howard Street )
Dawson, J., M.D., surgery
Palmer, F.R.
Hudsfield, Mrs.G.
Betts, J., tailor
Binks, H., shoemaker
Knights, Miss
Creek, Mrs
Bacon, C., waterman
Simmonds, Mrs.
Burrell, J., fisherman
Woodhouse, J.
Mann, R., fish dealer
Fincham, W., labourer
Towler, Mrs
Gooday, Mrs
Roberts, W., fish dealer
The Occupants, Row Seventy, 1913
( 176 King
Street to
22 Howard Street South )
South side
8. Dix, Albert
9. Beck, James
12. Peppit, James George
13. Millican, Alfred
16. Johnson, William, ( bake house)
17. Hurrell, Mrs.
18. Aldous, Mrs.
The Occupants, Row Seventy, 1927
( 176 King
Street
to 22 Howard
Street South )
South side
9. Lacey, Percy Frederick
11. & 12. Maystone, Mrs.
13. Bell, Mrs.
17. Matthews, Walt
18. George, Henry John
The Occupants, Row Seventy, 1936
( 176 King
Street
to 22 Howard Street South )
South side
8. Newby, Stanley
9. Lacey, Percy Frederick
11. Stanton, Mrs.
12. Brown, William
13. Hopwood, Ernest Sidney
17. Wright, Fred
18. Stanton, Vernon J.