Can you remember cattle lining the streets on the way to Norwich market?

Take a trip back to the heyday of the market with these classic pictures sourced by Norwich Evening News community content curator, Kate Wolstenholme.

It used to be traditional for children to line the streets and pat the animals on their backsides as they made their way past, with cattle from across the country making its way to the city centre before the market moved out of Norwich itself in 1960.

Rabbits and chickens were also sold at the market, with pigs also brought to the market in pig trailers during the 1950s.

Norwich sheep sale. (Image: Archant Library)

Aerial view of the market looking down at its sheep pens. (Image: Archant Library)

The market used to stand where Castle Quarter is now located, with hundreds of pens located around the castle itself.

At Easter time, the cattle market was replaced with the Easter Fair, which saw sideshows, ghost trains and carousels move on to the market grounds.

Cattle market from Cattle Market Street looking towards rear of Agricultural Hall. (Image: Archant Library)

Norwich Castle with cattle Market pens in foreground. (Image: Archant Library)

Cattle for sale at Norwich Cattle Market. (Image: Archant Library)

Norwich Cattle Market before being replaced by Castle Mall. (Image: Archant Library)

Cows on sale at Norwich Cattle Market. (Image: Archant Library)

Sheep on sale at Norwich Cattle Market. (Image: Archant Library)

Norwich Cattle Market. (Image: Archant Library)

Looking across the cattle market from the cathedral. (Image: Archant Library)

Cattle market car park looking from the top of Agricultural Hall to what is now the Rouen Pub in 1962. (Image: Archant Library)

Norwich Cattle Market. (Image: Archant Library)