Star Hotel, Great Yarmouth his tenure he made several improvements to the tavern, adding a billiard room and dining room to replace the stable block. In 1848 Charles Dickens visited and stayed in Great Yarmouth while gathering material for his book "David Copperfield" and many of the town's buildings have their place in the book including the "Star", which becomes the Inn where David and Steerforth stayed. In 1819, the "Star Tavern" was the Yarmouth terminus for the royal mail coach, which left for London every day at 2:00 pm. By 1845, the tavern was also the terminus for mail for Birmingham, and a
Ernie Wilkins With Jimmy Cleveland With Al Cohn With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Maynard Ferguson With Dizzy Gillespie With Freddie Green With Milt Jackson With Harry James With Quincy Jones With Sam Jones With Charles McPherson With Joe Newman With Herb Pomeroy With Rex Stewart and Cootie Williams With Sarah Vaughan and the Count Basie Orchestra With Dinah Washington With Charles Williams Ernie Wilkins Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1919 – June 5, 1999) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He also wrote for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. He