The Tower Restaurant and the Grotto Castle Aquazoo
Photograph of the Tower nearing completion
By John Layton
The Tower was originally designed as a viewing platform so that people could get good views of the seafront, and also had a restaurant at its top, offering dining with a spectacular view.
It still stands as a landmark on the seafront, and the building beneath it is now the Atlantis Complex.
The buiding in front of the Tower was originally Great Yarmouth lifeboat station until 1919. It was used for lots of different things until becoming the Grotto Castle Aquazoo, which held many tanks of exotic fish, which were much deeper than appeared from the walkway, and the fish appeared misshapen because of the optical illusion.
The Grotto Castle has now given way to the 'Mission' bar.
Photograph of the Tower nearing completion