17.*--"A line of wire has been suspended between Messrs. Morgan's
Brewery, King Street, and Mousehold House, the residence of Mr. W. H.
Hackblock, who is a member of the firm." This is the first record of a
telephone wire erected in Norwich. The line was constructed by the
United Telephone Company.
19.--The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Holkham, on a visit to
the Earl and Countess of Leicester.
26.--For the first time for many years there was no pantomime at Norwich
Theatre. The Christmas attraction was the appearance of Mr. George
Loveday's London Folly Company, in Paul Merritt's "Rough and Ready" and
Pinero's "Hester's Mystery." The company included Messrs. John
Billington, E. D. Ward, E. W. Garden, Misses Ada Mellon, Emily Thorn,
Eliza Johnstone, &c. At John Sanger and Son's Circus, on Castle Meadow,
was produced the equestrian spectacle, "Dick Whittington and his
Wonderful Cat."
1882.