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Archival Ambulations
As part of the The National Archives -Explore your Archives initiative, the Education and Outreach Team conducted two Archival Ambulations on Monday and Tuesday this week. Our intrepid walkers met at the Nelson statue in the Upper Close of Norwich … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Behind the Scenes, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged ambulation, Black Tower, bombing raids, breweries, coroner's inquests, Dragon Hall, Explore your Archive, Flour Mill, graveyard, Howard House, King Street, letters, local history, maps, Moutergate, Nelson, norwich Cathedral, norwich city walls, norwich walks, Richard Wright, The National Archives, tombland, tours, walking
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Here’s what we got up to last week…
Last week was a busy one for the Norfolk Record Office! For our first half term activity on Tuesday the children learnt about World War One propaganda and posters. They then chose to either paint a template of a real … Continue reading
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Tagged crafts, First World War, half term, halloween, paranormal, posters, propaganda, storytelling
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Meet the Team! Edward moves from lab to studio…
Around Christmas last year businesses and organisations from Norfolk and Suffolk visited the John Innes Centre to offer 12 week internships for PhD students. The idea of the Professional Internships for PhD students (PIPs) is to offer experience of work … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, internship, isinglass, John Innes Centre, Meet the Team, PhD, PIPs, research, sturgeon
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Meet the Team! Emily and Caroline: Transforming Archives Trainees
Hi everyone! This is Emily and Caroline, and we joined the Norfolk Record Office at the beginning of October. We’re working here for a year as part of The National Archives Transforming Archives Traineeship, which is funded by the Heritage … Continue reading
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Tagged Heritage Lottery Fund, Meet the Team, The National Archives, traineeship
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A Norfolk Man’s War: The Hewetson Letters
I have been busy preparing for my forthcoming talk which will take place this Friday (10 October) at 1pm in The Green Room at The Archive Centre. The talk, ‘A Norfolk Man’s War: The Hewetson Letters’ is free of charge. … Continue reading
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Tagged First World War, letters, Salhouse
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It’s goodbye from me… (sort of!)
Today marks my last day working for Norfolk Record Office after the best part of four years at NRO, first as Archive Specialist, and for most of the last year, seconded as Archive Education and Outreach Officer.
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Tagged education and outreach, Norfolk Heritage Centre, staff
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Getting ready for ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ at the Norfolk Record Office
This week, we are working on the final preparations for our Thursday evening event. The event ties-in with the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? programme featuring Mary Berry which aired on Thursday, 11 September. Some of the research … Continue reading
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Tagged family history, Mary Berry, research, television, Who Do You Think You Are?
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Mary Berry on ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’
A quick post to remind everyone that Mary Berry is on Who Do You Think You Are? this week. Some of the research took place in our very own searchroom, and Mary visited the Record Office whilst learning about her … Continue reading
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Tagged Mary Berry, television, Who Do You Think You Are?
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