February 7, 1844 Calendar When: 07/02/2019 all-day 2019-02-07T00:00:00+00:00 2019-02-08T00:00:00+00:00 John Franklin, “known by the name of Bill Downey, the celebrated Southtown pedestrian”, for a wager of £10 walked from the Duke’s Head Inn, the Quay, Great Yarmouth, to the Shirehall, Norwich, and back, in eleven and a half hours.
