About the Business
John Beazor Antiques was founded in 1875 in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. At that time Yarmouth was a prosperous fishing port and one of the centres of the herring fishing industry. John Martin Beazor, who was born in 1899, joined his father in the business in the early 20th century. A photograph shows the interior of the shop on Hall Quay circa 1900 to be very much in the style of the 'ye olde curiosity shop', showing not only furniture but all types of porcelain, silver, jewellery and paintings.
Great Yarmouth in the 1920s and 30s was somewhat in decline so it proved something of a mixed blessing that, when the war came and the town was heavily bombed, John Beazor decided to move the business. He came to the ancient University City of Cambridge, where he knew one or two other dealers, and in 1940 set up shop in Regent Street.
Location & Hours
78-80 Regent Street
