ROW SEVENTY﷓FIVE

“Jonathan Poppy, a furniture broker, residing at the south‑west corner, was the fortunate gentleman who purchased the magnificent south gate in 1812 for £26 for demolition. As an attraction it would be worth as many thousands today (and that was Johnson's comment in 1927!) Hansell's coal offices were situated at the south‑west corner, and the post office cycle store at the south‑east corner”, wrote Harry Johnson, in his notebook.

From Hall Quay to Howard Street, row 75 was the last row from this part of the Quay. The house at the South‑West corner was occupied by Jonathan Poppy, a broker and auctioneer, who died in 1844 aged 70. *1

At the north‑west corner is in 1992, Ian Miller Associates, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, at 32 Hall Plain. On the south‑west corner is Allen's of Middlegate, public house. There is a door into the row from the corner of Allen's, numbered 1a. The buildings on the south side of this row have been converted from an old warehouse into smart small shops. At present, nos.3 and 4 are vacant and "To Let". no.3 was "Buffalo". Then there is "Bubbles", and no.2 is Rare Cuts hairdressers. Angie,(1987) now here had a hairdressers above Friends Bistro in Deneside for a while, and spent a year or two on a kibbutz, returning to start this hairdressers. At the south‑east corner of the row is Tucker, tea coffee and hot snacks, licensed restaurant. On the north side is Lanes Bistro, a pleasant little snack shop that sells snack meals and teas. There is another shop there, still empty, and an empty office also.

TOWN HALL ROW This is the opening south of the Town Hall which was known in early times as the "South Foreland", and "Furlong's End". Two taverns existed on the south side, The"Royal Oak", which became a tailor's shop, the other being the "Yarmouth Arms"; Walter Wicks in his book "Norwich Inns", quotes one in Norwich a hundred years ago.*2

The Occupants, Row Seventy Five, 1886

( from Howard Street to Hall Plain)

Bince, J.H.

Beckett, J., wine cooper

Mallett, J.

Everett, B., foundryman

The Occupants, Row Seventy Five, 1913

( from 1 Middlegate to 51 Howard Street South)

1. Barker, Mrs.

2. Slack, James

3. Bezance, Mrs.

4. Spink, Frederick William

The Occupants, Row Seventy Five, 1927

( from 1 Middlegate to 51 Howard Street South)

1. Skipper, George Frederick

2. Lilly, John

3. Lincoln, Robert

4. Spink, Frederick William

The Occupants, Row Seventy Five, 1936

( from 1 Middlegate to 59* Howard Street South)

*re-numbered

1. Dray, George E.

2. Lilly, John

3. Lister, Lewis

4. Spink, Frederick William