Monthly Archives: June 2016

Cricket in 19th century Norfolk: the legend of Fuller Pilch

Posted on June 30, 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

One of Norfolk’s most colourful sporting heroes was Fuller Pilch, the great-uncle of R.G Pilch who founded the sports shop in Norwich of the same name, at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Norfolk Record Office has the baptism … Continue reading →

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Strangers-A brief history of Norwich’s incomers

Posted on June 24, 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

This week is Refugee Week and an opportunity to celebrate Norwich’s long history of welcoming incomers to the city. This week’s blog post introduces us to the Strangers and has been written by Archivist, Frank Meeres.  The word ‘Stranger’ was … Continue reading →

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Developments in digital preservation and digitisation at the Norfolk Record Office: an update from Transforming Archives Trainee Pawel Jaskulski

Posted on June 8, 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

It’s been six months since my first “Meet the Team” blog with Outreach and Engagement Trainee Lizzie and it calls for an update on what I have been up to since then! The main focus of my traineeship is to support the … Continue reading →

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