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Picture source: Patrick Smith

The Talbot Wine Vaults was situated at 4 Howard Street North. This pub closed c2008 and has now been converted into houses and flats. It was later known as The Talbot Freehouse.

Source: Terry Smith

This was a double height pub. The baroom was twice as high as you would expect. The gents were a point-at-the-wall out the back. The ladies had to climb the open stairs within the bar to a balcony at the back on the first floor where they were able to look down on everybody else. The toilets were off that. Had quite a name for itself in the later 70's as a venue for the newly fashionable Real Ale. In 1972 I, along with my friend Martin Hall, went to every pub in Yarmouth and Gorleston and scored each for atmosphere, beer quality and general impression. The Talbot came in joint top. along with the original (Back to) Backs (Prince Regent), out of over 100 pubs.

Patrick Smith (December 2024)

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