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Researching Norwich Road Workhouse: Norwich Primary Academy History Club
In early July we were joined by the members of Norwich Primary Academy History club as part of their special project looking at the history of Norwich Road Workhouse. The pupils had been researching the Haze family who were in … Continue reading
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Tagged family history, microfilm, norwich, tours, workhouse
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Francis Joseph Lambert: A Georgian Dancing Master of Norwich
Written by Christine Shackell. Norwich’s economic prosperity in the eighteenth century gave rise to increasing numbers of middle ranks who sought to stake their claim to polite society by demonstrating their culture, knowledge and social skills. A network of institutions … Continue reading
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Tagged Dancing, norwich
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“Old but quite fit for use” The Norfolk Survey of Schools 1903
The 1902 Education Act abolished the school board system and established Local Education Authorities (LEAs). Norfolk established LEAs for Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and Norfolk County Council (NCC). NCC, to aid this transition; carried out a survey of its … Continue reading
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Tagged education, family history, headteachers, Schools, social history, survey, teachers, teaching, village life
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Planting the Seeds of Independence: The State of the American Colonies prior to 1776
Today marks 243 years since the signing of the ‘Declaration of Independence’, that illustrious document wherein the Thirteen Colonies asserted themselves as independent sovereign states that would no longer conform to the leadership of Great Britain. Since July 4th 1776 … Continue reading
Exploits on the Grand Tour
With the weather still cold and wet people are starting to think about their summer holiday. Many picturing warm sandy beaches and relaxing evenings. 200 years ago many of the middle classes were enjoying their first experiences of travelling abroad, … Continue reading
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Tagged diaries, Europe, France, Grand Tour, italy, journal, letters, travel, volcano
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New for (Twenty) Nineteen: Spring Term for Primary Schools
We are really pleased we were able to run 2 new workshops over the course of the Spring Term. Putting on a Tudor Pageant In January, Year 1 pupils from Charles Darwin visited us as part of the Putting on … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabeth I, Great Seal, Inventories, Pageantry, seals, Strangers, Tudors
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Discovering Sound Recordings and the History of Railways: Spring Term for Secondary Schools
The spring term involved helping 2 local high schools with different projects they have been working on. Oral History Firstly we welcomed a group of pupils from Old Buckenham High School as part of their oral history project. The school … Continue reading
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Tagged filming, Hellesdon, Marriott's Way, Melton Constable, norwich, oral history, railway, school, secondary schools
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Legal Battles, Prison Sentences and Requests for Prayers: The Stories of the Owners and Occupiers of Snettisham Farm
King’s Lynn Borough Archive has a huge collection of ancient documents on all manner of subjects, among which is a large series relating to Snettisham Farm. The Farm has a very chequered and interesting history, with one occupier ending up … Continue reading
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