Category Archives: Snapshots from the Archive

Canned Turkey and other Christmas Meals of the Past

Posted on 14 December 2017 by victoriadraper24

As well as hanging up the Christmas Decorations, sorting out the presents, and writing those cards, thoughts often turn to food at this time of year. We are used to our Christmas turkey with all the trimmings, or a vegetarian … Continue reading →

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Norwich Building Control Plans Indexing Project: a Volunteer’s Musings

Posted on 30 November 2017 by victoriadraper24

As someone who loves studying twentieth century British social history (and has ambitions to become an archivist!), volunteering at the Norfolk Record Office was an opportunity I couldn’t resist. Participating in the Norwich building control plans indexing project (NRO, N/EN … Continue reading →

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A Walker’s Guide to 19th Century Snowdonia

Posted on 15 November 2017 by victoriadraper24

In this day and age holidays in the UK are taken for granted. The combination of high living standards, low travelling costs and easy access to the European mainland (at least for now!) has allowed for increasing number of British … Continue reading →

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‘An Infestation of Rats’ A History of Investigating Witchcraft in Norfolk

Posted on 20 October 2017 by victoriadraper24

As Halloween approaches thoughts turn towards witches and ghosts. A number of references to both have been recorded in the archives. The parish register for Wells next the Sea (PD 679/1) records the burials of fourteen men in December 1583. … Continue reading →

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‘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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On your shelf – An Edith Cavell treasure?

Posted on 13 September 2017 by nroeando2017

Nurse Cavell was shot in Brussels in October 1915 for helping 200 allied soldiers out of German-occupied Belgium to neutral Holland. Maltese composer Paolino Vassallo (1856-1923) wrote a three act opera on Norfolk nurse Edith Cavell which was performed in … 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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