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Ready…Steady…Bake!

Posted on 24 August 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

Picture yourself in a long white tent. Outside rain falls down in torrents in a very British attempt at a monsoon and inside the air is cool, which keeps reminding you that tomorrow you will have to make a shiny … Continue reading →

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Seals and sealing: An introduction to seals through the archives of the Norfolk Record Office

Posted on 19 August 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

Many visitors to the Norfolk Record Office will have come across seals on documents, through requesting records to the searchroom, on display in behind-the-scenes tours or waiting in conservation for our kind team of volunteers who sew socks to fit! … Continue reading →

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Drawing inspiration from the Norfolk landscape

Posted on 28 July 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

The Norfolk landscape has long provided inspiration for artists, writers, poets and naturalists and this is certainly reflected in the content of our archive. From the nature notes of Rosemary E. Tilbrook, who contributed to the countryside features of the … Continue reading →

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Cheshire’s 1941 Norfolk rescue: the untold story of Halifax bomber L9524

Posted on 14 July 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

The night of Friday 10th October 1941 Sleeping residents of Tacolneston, South Norfolk, were unaware of history about to be made on their doorstep, or more accurately in their farm fields. The same night five Halifax bombers of 35 Squadron took … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 30 June 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 24 June 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 8 June 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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When was a cleric not a cleric? Stories from the City of Norwich Records

Posted on 27 May 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

When was a cleric not a cleric? Sometimes, when he was indicted of a violent crime. For instance, was William Montague, an innkeeper in Norwich, also in holy orders? Almost certainly not. We are first introduced to William Montague in … Continue reading →

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