-
Join 3,168 other subscribers
-
Recent Posts
- LGBTQ+ history in the archives, part 3: a selection of photographs by Sydney Denny
- Raise the Banners! Norwich in the 1926 General Strike
- Outliving St George
- LGBTQ+ history in the archives, part 2: the diaries of William J. Dennis
- LGBTQ+ history in the archives, part 1: the diaries of Judith M. Ferrier
Categories
Tags
Archives
Author Archives: victoriadraper24
The Wail of Sirens, the Distant Throb of Engines: Norwich and the ‘Baedeker’ Raids
By far the most serious air raids on Norwich were the ‘Baedeker’ raids on the nights of 27/28 and 29/30 April 1942, exactly seventy-five years ago. There are several collections of archive material in the Record Office that relate to … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged bombing raids, norwich, Second World War, WW2
1 Comment
From Grouse to Grousing: Letters From India, 1897-1902
Amongst the letters of the Purdy family is a small bundle from Jock Kennedy, of the 93rd Highland Regiment addressed to TW Purdy, variously of Camden Town or Woodgate House, Aylsham (ACC 2015/244/64). Col. Thomas Woods Purdy is referred to … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, NRO Research Bloggers, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged Boer War, India
Leave a comment
One a Penny, Two a Penny, Hot Cross Buns: The Memoirs of Ethel George
How are you marking Easter this year? While many people are busy eating hot cross buns, searching for hidden Easter eggs and visiting church it is worth thinking about how people use to celebrate Easter in the past. The Norfolk … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged Easter, Ethel George, memoirs, oral history
2 Comments
Disabled servicemen of Norwich in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Petitions are perhaps the most immediately personal class of document amongst the early modern records of the Norwich criminal justice system. Several different courts sat regularly in Norwich during the later middle ages and early modern period, including the Assembly … Continue reading
Norwich Fashion Week: Jarrold Catwalk events in the 1960s
Are you planning on going to an event at Norwich Fashion Week this year? Maybe one of the many catwalk shows? Looking through The Jarrold magazines deposited at the Norfolk Record Office (JLD 4/7/1/7) gives a good insight into the world … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Snapshots from the Archive
Leave a comment
What makes a good Valentines Card?
ETN 4/14/2Did you send any valentines cards this morning? If you did you are following on from a tradition that evolved in the 18th century. Although the notion of sending cards, chocolates and flowers has remained the same since then, … Continue reading
Surviving the Holocaust: One Norfolk Woman’s Account
January 27 is Holocaust Memorial Day, and this year’s theme relates to the survivors. The Norfolk Record Office holds the records of one such survivor, Elsie Marechal, born Elsie Bell. She was born in Middlesex on 21 June 1894. Because … Continue reading
‘Keep the Memory Alive’: Norfolk Women and the Holocaust
The Mustard Show’s Darren Eadie and Helen McDermott talk to Frank Meeres about the role of four Norfolk women who, in very different ways, had direct experiences of the terrible events of just over seventy years ago.
Posted in All Posts, Snapshots from the Archive
Leave a comment
Norfolk Record Office 