Changing Face of Norwich
- The Cattle Market

Many of us still remember the old Cattlemarket in the City centre where Castle Mall now stands. Saturdays was always Market Day and the City changed as the farmers took over the city, parked their distinctly county vehicles and invigorated the local hosteries and retal outlets. All of this was much the same in every market town except that Norwich was much bigger, The numbers of animals and poultry filled an area of several acres adjacent to the commercial and retail heart of the City.Times have changed probably for the better but gone is the colour, the noise and the smells of what is now a bygone time. Sad

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