Category Archives: NRO Research Bloggers

‘Even some pressed seaweed’ – A historical student’s revelation.

Posted on 11 October 2017 by victoriadraper24

This is the wonder of archives: you never know what you might find. I was lucky enough to study an early 19th century document which combined a variety of wonderful elements including diary entries, poetry, drawings, a butterfly fact file, … Continue reading →

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John Bilby: Norwich’s Travelling Hairdresser

Posted on 27 September 2017 by victoriadraper24

It can be suggested that autobiographical records are amongst the most personal and private forms of document available within an archive, this allowing researchers to obtain new information on the period in question. Therefore, it can be claimed that John … Continue reading →

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The experiences of the Earl of Albemarle during the Boer War: Part 3

Posted on 31 August 2017 by victoriadraper24

After visiting the wounded from the previous days, Albemarle and his men marched back to Pretoria where they were provided with fresh clothes. That day the Earl also caught a glimpse of Baden-Powell, the future founder of the Scouts, who … Continue reading →

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The experiences of the Earl of Albemarle during the Boer War: Part 2

Posted on 3 August 2017 by victoriadraper24

Albemarle and his battalion arrived in the ‘badly laid out’, ‘half savage’ town of Bloemfontein. The earl was especially happy to see the Union Jack waving above the town and the ‘pleased reaction’ of Lord Roberts after inspection. His cheerfulness … Continue reading →

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Messing about on the river 1878 style

Posted on 20 July 2017 by victoriadraper24

On Monday 26th August 1878 four friends, including the artist Ernest Arthur Freeman, set off from New Mills, Norwich on a five day canoe trip down the Yare and up the Waveney via the New Cut. The tourist industry on … Continue reading →

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‘Personally I have not yet seen an armed Boer, but we live in hopes of doing so before long’: The experiences of the Earl of Albemarle during the Boer War

Posted on 6 July 2017 by victoriadraper24

It is common to think of the high status Victorian officer as a snob who cared little for his men, yet Arnold Allan Cecil Keppel, the 6th Earl of Albemarle and lieutenant colonel commanding the Infantry Battalion City of London … Continue reading →

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From Grouse to Grousing: Letters From India, 1897-1902

Posted on 26 April 2017 by victoriadraper24

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 →

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Disabled servicemen of Norwich in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Posted on 28 March 2017 by victoriadraper24

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 →

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