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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Peterhouse Primary School find out about local First World War soldiers
Last week Year 6 pupils from Peterhouse Primary School visited us for a session looking at local soldiers in the First World War. We started the session with a general introduction to archives by playing the indenture game. Next the … Continue reading
Black Beauty’s Norfolk Heritage
Black Beauty, the classic novel by Norfolk author Anna Sewell, was written at the very end of Sewell’s life and published on this day in 1877. The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) has many letters from her to her brother and … Continue reading
Posted in Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged Adrienne E. Gavin, Anna Sewell, black beauty, great yarmouth, horses, Jarrold's, letters, Old Catton, Quaker
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What’s happening at Norfolk Heritage Centre?
Good evening, It’s now nearly two months since I took up my role at NHC, having spent several years at NRO, and my former colleagues have kindly allowed me a guest post to talk a little bit about what we … Continue reading
Training in Parchment Conservation
I am a trainee Archive Conservator based at Lancashire Archives in Preston, currently working to achieve the Archives and Records Association’s Certificate in Archive Conservation. As part of the course I must undertake a series of placements, each focusing on … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes
Tagged conservation, Lancashire Archives, maps, parchment, Preston, Swanton Morley with Worthing
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Archival Ambulations
As part of the The National Archives -Explore your Archives initiative, the Education and Outreach Team conducted two Archival Ambulations on Monday and Tuesday this week. Our intrepid walkers met at the Nelson statue in the Upper Close of Norwich … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged ambulation, Black Tower, bombing raids, breweries, coroner's inquests, Dragon Hall, Explore your Archive, Flour Mill, graveyard, Howard House, King Street, letters, local history, maps, Moutergate, Nelson, norwich Cathedral, norwich city walls, norwich walks, Richard Wright, The National Archives, tombland, tours, walking
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Great Yarmouth Heritage Schools
Last Thursday, primary and secondary teachers from 7 schools in the Great Yarmouth area visited the Norfolk Record Office as part of the Heritage Schools programme which aims to ensure school children develop an understanding of their local heritage and its significance. … Continue reading
Posted in Schools
Tagged behind-the-scenes, fishing, great yarmouth, Hemsby, heritage schools, Hopton, local heritage, teaching resources, Winterton
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First World War Medals
Armistice Day is always an emotive time and it often prompts people to look back to family members who served or were killed in the First World War. If we are lucky, we have mementos of these men and women, … Continue reading
