Category Archives: Snapshots from the Archive

Hidden Stories behind the Asylum Records

Posted on 5 February 2022 by nroeando2017

Written by Christine Shackell, NRO research blogger The Thorpe Asylum casebooks held at the Norfolk Record Office give us a snapshot in time of the lives of the patients admitted there. Extending the search to include other records gives us … Continue reading →

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Record Office Recipes

Posted on 20 January 2022 by nroeando2017

Archives give us a unique insight into the kitchens of our ancestors  We can discover ingredients unfamiliar to our modern taste buds and methods that are no longer used in a modern kitchen.  We can also discover surprisingly familiar ingredients … Continue reading →

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Ballgowns and Dinner Invitations

Posted on 8 January 2022 by nroeando2017

We recently held one of our popular Reading from the Archives events with a very swish title – Ballgowns and Dinner Invitations. Planning for this event was an opportunity to scour the archives using our online catalogue, and find some … Continue reading →

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  A Life at Sea – Fishing and Lifeboats

Posted on 17 December 2021 by nhudsonnro

Jackie Mitchell, a volunteer for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage East of England hub at Norfolk Record Office, explores the audio memoirs of Wells-next-the-Sea fisherman and lifeboat coxswain, David Cox. An interview with Mr Cox was conducted and recorded by … Continue reading →

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Bomber Command Medical Officers During the Second World War at RAF Marham

Posted on 4 December 2021 by nroeando2017

Introduction On D-Day 1945, RAF Medical Officer Victor Tempest introduced his memoirs, Near the Sun: Impressions of a Medical Officer of Bomber Command (NRO, MC 2216/1, 928X7), with the claim that he had achieved a ‘history of how men overcame … Continue reading →

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An Enigmatic Diarist as Ever Was Known: The Syleham Diary 1784 – 1824

Posted on 18 November 2021 by nroeando2017

Taken from Norfolk Record Office, MC 2329/1, 958X1 In 1805 this diarist wrote: This comment led to the diary being offered to the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.  They declined the offer and it was subsequently retrieved from a waste paper … Continue reading →

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Great Yarmouth’s Early Modern Astrology

Posted on 6 November 2021 by nroeando2017

Astrology, or using the stars to tell the future, has been a part of human society since prehistory and remains with us today in the form of horoscopes and readings.  For Early Modern people astrologers offered a chance to understand … Continue reading →

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Reaching for the stars: An Account of Early Space Exploration

Posted on 14 October 2021 by victoriadraper24

Would we have reached the moon without the courage of men like General William Kepner? The Experiment In 1934 General William Kepner took part in an experimental stratosphere flight, in which he tried to reach the second layer of the … Continue reading →

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