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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 All Posts, 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 All Posts, 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.
King’s Lynn’s burning issue
Much has been said about King John, and he is frequently named as Bad King John, although it has to be said it was John who granted various concessions to Lynn, and indeed its charter. But there was among his … Continue reading
Norfolk’s ‘Downton Abbeys’, and recruiting for below stairs
With the Downton Abbey movie released in September 2019, and the relationship of masters and servants vividly brought to life on the big screen, it was with interest that I reflected on the experiences of Rachel Ketton of Norfolk’s Felbrigg … Continue reading
Great Yarmouth’s Battle against Herring Piracy during the English Civil War
I have spent nearly a decade of my life researching and writing about Great Yarmouth’s Civil War history, something which has been rewarding and endlessly fascinating because of the quality of Great Yarmouth’s civic records held at the Norfolk Record … Continue reading
The Diary of Paul E. Homan: stories of WWII from an American Aviation Cadet who hoped his diary would keep the heritage alive.
Paul E. Homan was born in the U.S state of Pennsylvania in 1922. His life before his enrolment into the United States Army Air Force is unknown, but from his Diary of Service During WWII (2nd Air Division Memorial Library … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, NRO Research Bloggers, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged America, Army Air Force, Second World War, Seething, WWII
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Disaster recovery: The impact of the fire at Norwich Central Library and the creation of The Archive Centre
This August marks 25 years since the fire at Norwich Central Library which took place on 1 August 1994. At the time the archives of the Norfolk Record Office were kept in the basement strongroom of the library with some … Continue reading
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