Regent Road, Great Yarmouth

This is an excellent site fantastic pictures. I have just spent a week in Gt Yarmouth and what really fascinated me apart from all the beautiful churches was a victorian house in Regent Road now used to house a wax works, does anyone know anything about the history of this beautiful property?

Regards Lois Courtney, Stoke On Trent

I come to Great Yarmouth every year and I love Regent Road!
I totally love Regent Rd
Looking back at the oldern times just shows me how much better it gets every year!!!!
Love,
Shannon

Can someone please tell me if there was a florists opposite the regal in the 1930's and if it was called Herberts? There is a story in my family that my great grandparents owned it. It is now an estate agents.

Wow these photo's are amazing! I live in Great Yarmouth and I wish it looked like that now. Going down Regent Road at night is like walking the green mile - not nice. Too much violence and no class. I very rarely go into town now because of this. Which is a shame as I have a lot of family history in this town, my great great grandfather was the mayor of Great Yarmouth for a term and my great grandfather was the founder of a business called Camplings located in Great Yarmouth.

Amazing...I am doing some genealogy tracing at the mo and traced my past relatives to 29 Regent Road where they ran a B&B in 1880s so you can imagine my delight with the pictures!! Even if they arent as old as I like...still great!

Hi I'm an Australian Ex Service man. I married a Yarmouth girl that used to work in a gift shop just below the bloater shop. We returned there in 1994 and like Roxy, "we could have wept". What has happened to the lovely old Queens hotel?. Nev and Rose

Hi I'm trying to find anything I can about Mayhouse Cottages on Regents Road, trying to trace family tree and my grandfather was born there in 1902?

Hi I am tracing my family tree and I am trying to find some pictures of 76 Regent Road when it was a cafe owned by Percy Clements. Would be great if anybody had any memories of the cafe or pictures? Thank you!

I am researching my partners family tree and am looking for a Thomas Clifford Anthony and his family, the only information i have is that between 1927 and 1929 he was a watchmaker and had a shop at 12a Regent Road, Great Yarmouth. I would be very greatfull if anyone knows of him or his family and can give me some more infomation.

Hi, Any info on the Plowmans of Regent Road would be great. 1880s-1910 onwards. 64, 72, and 73 Regent Road. Confectionery shop and tea rooms and Boarding house.

I need to pick your brains please! I'm searching for any info on No.1 Mayhouse Cttage which i believe was on Regent Road. John Fayers was head of family in the 1901 census. Would there be any pictures or maps? Where do i locate them if they exist? I am in Great Yarmouth in July. Thank you so much.

re: Jean Drury's enquiry about Mayhouse Cottages. Found them just off Regent Road. No's 1 & 2 have been replaced by modern buildings. No's 3 & 4 are still original.

I am Bert Knorr from Holland. I have had a holiday chalet at Burgh Castle for 15 years and sold it 5 years ago. Before that I was for the first time in Great Yarmouth in 1972. Just passed after coming from the Norfolk Line boat to go to holiday in Scotland. After that I came back every year for a short holiday and made many friends in Great Yarmouth. I am coming to Great Yarmouth every year and also this September I am in a b&b in Wellesley Road and look forward to see the town. It has changed much over the years and I am thinking that it is getting better al the time. See you in September. Bert

Was just doing some history research and I've hit a blank, does any body know what happened to Guiseppe Vettese (original founder of the ice cream parlour) as I can't seem to find anything out about where he went??? Nothing after the 50's. Thank you xx

May house cottages are still there, or part of them are. They are just behind Regent, through an alley way between two shops. Don't know what the 2 shops are but the alley way is on the left as you walk towards the sea front about half way up the road. They are old fisherman houses but most of them are owned by Broadland Housing Association and are now flats. Hope this helps.