Category Archives: Snapshots from the Archive

What was the True Identity of ‘Black Bart’?- part 2

Posted on 27 August 2018 by victoriadraper24

Most sources state that US outlaw, Charles E. Boles aka ‘Black Bart’ was born in Norfolk, England in 1829 to John and Maria Bowles. John left a will which mentioned a number of family members and they can be traced … Continue reading →

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What was the True Identity of ‘Black Bart’?

Posted on 13 August 2018 by victoriadraper24

The Outlaw Black Bart was an infamous US outlaw who committed some 28 holdups of Wells Fargo stagecoaches, in California, between 1875 and 1883. He was known for his politeness, for taking only the contents of the strongbox and the … Continue reading →

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Post-war Demining Operations in the Norfolk Wash and Police Invasion Procedures from the Second World War

Posted on 6 August 2018 by nroeando2017

A closer look at Norfolk Record Office document, C/PO 1/60. This intriguing document contains primarily Copy Number 500 of the 1942 revised version of procedures that the British Police should take in the event of an invasion by Nazi Germany … Continue reading →

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Gruesome goings-on in Old Hunstanton

Posted on 31 July 2018 by victoriadraper24

There is a slim uncatalogued file in the King’s Lynn Archive which contains some 14 documents, dated to the 24th year of King George III’s reign labelled, “Customs Murder Suit”. George III reigned from 1760 to 1820. These documents include … Continue reading →

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A Seaside Holiday in Sketches

Posted on 26 July 2018 by nroeando2017

Inspired by Norfolk Record Office document MC 2784/G/16. In 1884, Juliet Mary Seebohm – later wife of Sir Rickman John Godlee, one of the first surgeons to remove a brain tumour – holidayed in Cromer with her family and the Weber family. Her sketches … Continue reading →

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The rise and fall of Woolworths: A case study of the Norwich Store

Posted on 11 July 2018 by victoriadraper24

In 2009, during the worst economic crash since the Great Depression, Woolworths finally closed all of its stores, resulting in thousands of job losses. The company had been operating shops in the UK for over a century. In the aftermath … Continue reading →

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The Struggles of Motherhood Recorded in the 19th Century Norfolk Lunatic Asylum

Posted on 20 June 2018 by victoriadraper24

Mental health issues are a feature of modern life and the archive of Norfolk Lunatic Asylum, or St Andrew’s Hospital as it was renamed in the 1920s, shows this is not new. It is interesting to compare the ‘causes of … Continue reading →

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Norfolk Lunatic Asylum/St Andrew’s Hospital

Posted on 7 June 2018 by victoriadraper24

Case notes for the Norfolk Lunatic Asylum show that the admission of a significant number of female patients in 1845-1870, was due to women’s mental health after childbirth. The notes suggest that their physical condition was frail and the physical … Continue reading →

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