Regent Road, Great Yarmouth
Postcards of Regent Road, Great Yarmouth
By John Layton
Regent Road has changed much over the last century, from being a residential area to being a venue for all types of holiday shop, selling everything from Docwras and Potters Rock Shops, to Vettese's Ice Cream (probably the best ice cream in the area), and boxes of kippers, along with all the usual seaside requisites of buckets and spades, Pownalls Fishing Tackle Shop, and music CDs and cassettes to listen to.
The first postcard shows the Seafront end of Regent Rd, which is now pedestrianised, as is the seafront area at its end.
The second is hard to place, but would seem to be taken from the same spot as the second picture, but facing towards the seafront.
The third is taken from the market place looking down towards the seafront.
The fourth is of the Town end of Regent Rd, with the Regal Cinema on the right, and Woolworths old store on the left, which is now a KFC outlet. If a person was attempting to take the same shot today, he might well be knocked down by a motor vehicle, as the main road through Yarmouth now runs through the very spot!
The fifth picture is of 76 Regent Road when it was a cafe owned by Percy Clements.
How times have changed!
Postcard of Regent Rd from the Seafront
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Postcard of Regent Road, early 20th century
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Regent Road, c. 1930
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Photograph of Town end of Regent Rd, posted 1956
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