OLD NORFOLK : NORWICH : FLOODS

Norwich Flood 1912
The top two photos were taken from near St. Margaret's Plain, Westwick Street, looking towards the Balloon Tavern, with its arcaded ground floor. Just beyond that, on opposite sides of the street are, to the right, the Drum, and to the left, the Colchester Arms. For comparison purposes, the crowded shopfront is shown again, in the lower "dry" 1936 photo where it has lost its "Lyons Tea" and acquired the lettering "A. Augood".	1912 postcard restored by Michael Bean (c)2001
1912 postcard kindly supplied by Donna Kjorsvik. Close-up 1 Close-up 2
1936 view of 54, 52 & 50 Westwick Street. Copyright: G.A.F.Plunkett	Map: Surveyed 1883, Published 1885

The top two photos were taken from near St. Margaret's Plain, Westwick Street, looking towards the Balloon Tavern, with its arcaded ground floor. Just beyond that, on opposite sides of the street are, to the right, the Drum, and to the left, the Colchester Arms. For comparison purposes, the crowded shopfront is shown again, in the lower "dry" 1936 photo where it has lost its "Lyons Tea" and acquired the lettering "A. Augood".