Norwich at Night

Lend of an Era: Wandering Round Barrack Street

Norwich, Norfolk, Jan 2017.

28 Days (of Christmas): Empty Norwich on Christmas Day

Tunnel of Light

Norwich, Norfolk, December 2016.

Behind Dereham Road, Norwich

A couple of streets behind Norwich's Dereham Road (behind the former KFC), June 2016.

Cathedral Spire / Clock Tower

Arguably the most picture postcard-friendly images of Norwich's cathedral spire and city hall clock tower that you'll see all day.

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Be Kind, Rewind: Blockbuster Video, Dereham Road, Norwich

The long-vacant Blockbuster video store on Dereham Road, Norwich. Video rental stores were pivotal to my soul, growing up: the small, local, independent places were clearly the ones to frequent (in my hometown in Yorkshire, it was a place called KC Video: the horror section felt fabulously shifty, as any self-respecting horror section of a video shop should), but I've got good memories of working my way through the shelves of Blockbuster too. My education in film came from places like this. I miss them.

Abandoned Boozers of Norwich #11: The Kimberley Arms

Returning to one of my earliest themes on Eastscapes: the decline of the good old traditional boozer. Whilst on the edge of Norwich's student land, I only ever called in here once: one Christmas Eve afternoon, by myself, waiting for my girlfriend to finish work in the city. There were about half a dozen regulars drinking, with the staff, from a multipack of cheap canned lager placed brazenly on the bar. I ordered a pint of John Smiths, was on the receiving end of a few suspicious looks, drank up swiftly, and headed off again.