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Monthly Archives: October 2019
Elizabeth Bradwell: Accused of Witchcraft and Executed in Great Yarmouth, 1645.
The retelling of history does not lend itself so willingly to the lives of women like Norfolk-born Elizabeth Bradwell. With scarce records surviving that allow us to trace her life, much of our understanding of Bradwell comes from the events … Continue reading
Posted in NRO Research Bloggers
Tagged great yarmouth, witchcraft, Witchfinder General
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Saving the Nation’s sounds and opening them up to all
Sound recordings help us to understand the world around us. They document the UK’s creative endeavours, preserve key moments in history, capture personal memories, and give a sense of local and regional identity. The UK’s sound collections are, however, … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes
Tagged cassettes, digital preservation, digitisation, oral history, Sound Archive, sound recordings, tapes, UOSH
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Pablo Fanque’s return to Norwich
Pablo Fanque, born as William Darby, was the first black British circus proprietor. Apprenticed at an early age to William Batty, a well-known equestrian and circus proprietor, he was first trained as an acrobat and gymnast and then in horsemanship. … Continue reading
Posted in Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged bullards, circus, horsemanship, newspapers, norwich, Pablo Fanque, playbills, Victoria Gardens, Victorians
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Bicycle Journeys through Norfolk in the tyre tracks of Leonard Bolingbroke
The Bolingbroke Bicycle Journal (NRO, BOL 1/87, 739X2) is an intriguing find. It documents cycle rides throughout Norfolk, and further afield, with instructions on bicycle care and repair bills. The journal begins in 1878 and records to 1884.