Local business profile
Norman Furniture
Great Yarmouth’s historic family furniture retailer, serving homes locally and across the UK since 1820.
- Business type
- Furniture retailer
- Local area
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Their story
About the business
Norman & Son Ltd, trading as Normans Furniture, is one of Great Yarmouth’s longest-established family businesses. Founded in 1820 by cabinet maker Simon Norman, the company celebrated 200 years in business in 2020 and describes itself as Great Yarmouth’s oldest shop.
Across six generations of family ownership, Normans has grown from a cabinet-making workshop into a respected furniture retailer serving customers locally and across the United Kingdom. From its Market Place showroom, the company offers sofas and chairs, beds and mattresses, bedroom and dining furniture, sofa beds, and lift-and-rise chairs.
A proud Great Yarmouth business
Normans has remained part of the town through more than two centuries of social and economic change. Its story reflects the qualities that make independent local businesses so valuable: specialist knowledge, skilled service, resilience and a long-term commitment to the people and place they serve.
Its enduring focus on quality, craftsmanship and personal service has helped the business build a reputation that reaches well beyond Norfolk while keeping its roots firmly in Great Yarmouth.
Why G3YRC supports local enterprise
Great Yarmouth Radio Club is proud to recognise a business with such a deep connection to our town. Supporting established local firms helps sustain skills, employment, customer choice and community identity. Businesses such as Normans also carry Great Yarmouth’s name and values to customers throughout the UK.
We encourage members, visitors and friends of the club to learn more about Norman Furniture and to support independent local businesses whenever they can.