tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550156933556710160.post5606124660280846122..comments2023-12-30T11:02:25.021+00:00Comments on Hidden Riverside Norwich: Heigham: a text from the 1920sSteve Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046721785588040775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550156933556710160.post-66808514258456644372012-09-15T10:42:40.872+01:002012-09-15T10:42:40.872+01:00I think it's called Sweetbriar Marshes, there ...I think it's called Sweetbriar Marshes, there are lots of dykes criss-crossing it, but you can access it quite easily.Stuart McPhersonhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stumcpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550156933556710160.post-83562422209717939912012-09-14T12:29:16.707+01:002012-09-14T12:29:16.707+01:00Nice one Stuart. And since you know that neck of t...Nice one Stuart. And since you know that neck of the woods...<br />What is that bit of open land called on the north bank of the Wensum between Sweetbriar Bridge and Bayer Crop Science? There are quite a few paths but I've never heard it called anything. Steve Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07046721785588040775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550156933556710160.post-29107400189391542422012-09-14T12:19:05.523+01:002012-09-14T12:19:05.523+01:00I think the postcard is looking south east towards...I think the postcard is looking south east towards the first filterbeds at the waterworks, which would have been there at the time of this picture.<br />Horse-shoe bend is the well known name to the bend just downstream of Sweat Briar road, well at least to us yocals!<br />I used to fish from that very spot as a child in the 80's and I think you'd struggle to get to the same point now. The Wensum has become so overgrown and weeded up in the last 20 years it's untrue.<br />StumcpStuart McPhersonhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stumcpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550156933556710160.post-51637449225285012362012-09-01T21:13:45.444+01:002012-09-01T21:13:45.444+01:00I love little glimpses into other lives, long ago ...I love little glimpses into other lives, long ago like that. I'm a sucker for reading any inscriptions in old books.Paul Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166773315195310268noreply@blogger.com