Norwich Dispatch News Today

Memories of the old Debenhams building off Red Lion Street and Orford Place in Norwich city centre are captured in old photos from the archive.

Firemen at the site where Curls (now Debenhams) stood on April 30, 1942 - Credit: Archant It was 65 years ago when the doors finally opened on the most modern department store in East Anglia. Derek James tells the story of Curls More than 10 years after the end of the Second World War the people gathered to celebrate the re-opening of Curls in the heart of Norwich. The shop had been destroyed in the 1942 Baedeker Raids and the space it left in the city had been a popular spot for events…but ...