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Norfolk’s Ancient Animal Magic

Posted on March 23, 2023 by nroeando2017

Language, we are told is a constantly evolving beast. Whilst this is undeniable, in certain rural areas this evolution can be somewhat slow. We have, for example in the Norfolk vernacular today the phrase ‘to put the toad on someone.’ … Continue reading →

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Life in a Nineteenth Century Workhouse

Posted on February 25, 2023 by victoriadraper24

The Poor Law Amendment Act (1834) empowered the Poor Law Commission to unite parishes in England and Wales into Poor Law Unions to be administered by a local Board of Guardians. The Loddon and Clavering Union was instituted on 7th … Continue reading →

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Fear of Invasion

Posted on September 3, 2021 by victoriadraper24

“He who would all England win, should at Weybourne Hope begin.”  Norfolk has always been vulnerable to invasion from the sea, particularly in areas like Weybourne with its steeply shelving beach giving deep-water anchorage close to the shore. A map of 1588, … Continue reading →

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How did football come to Carrow Road

Posted on August 31, 2021 by victoriadraper24

On this day in 1935 the first football match was played at Carrow Road. In this blog we will be looking at why the ground was built on this site and some of the changes which have taken place to … Continue reading →

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Entering Australia: The Life of a 19th Century Criminal

Posted on August 7, 2021 by victoriadraper24

Australia, like the rest of Oceania, has been working hard at keeping its borders closed over the past 18 months to stop the spread of COVID. However, this was not always the case.  In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries many, … Continue reading →

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What was the True Identity of ‘Black Bart’? – part 3

Posted on March 6, 2021 by nroeando2017

In 2018, a two-part article was published on this blog (part 1 here, part 2 here) challenging the parentage of Charles E. Boles aka ‘Black Bart’ an infamous US outlaw, who committed some 28 holdups of Wells Fargo stagecoaches in … Continue reading →

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Holocaust Memorial Day

Posted on January 27, 2021 by nhudsonnro

January 27th is Holocaust Memorial Day, a day to reflect upon the terrible injustices of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides, and to remember the millions of people whose lives were taken from them. In 1986, Norwich born James Gosling was … Continue reading →

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St Andrew’s County Asylum portrayed in the Cartoons of George Yates

Posted on January 9, 2021 by cbolsterNRO

Users familiar with the records of St Andrew’s, the County asylum, may be interested to know about a new collection of records that show a side to the hospital not typically seen in the official records. George Yates, attendant and … Continue reading →

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