Follow us on Twitter
My Tweets-
Recent Posts
- How a Second World War air raid caused the closure of a Norfolk School: The accounts of Amy Buckley, Head Teacher February 24, 2021
- Helping community archives during the pandemic: The Norfolk Record Office’s ‘Community Archives’ project February 15, 2021
- She was ‘a natural, a poor fool and ideot …void of reason or sense’: A harsh judgement on Margaret Cooper of Snetterton February 6, 2021
- Holocaust Memorial Day January 27, 2021
- Depositions: Uncovering the lives of ordinary Norfolk people through church court records January 20, 2021
Categories
Tags
- Boer War
- bombing raids
- Caley's
- census
- charters
- children's activities
- christmas
- conservation
- Cromer
- depositions
- diaries
- diary
- digital preservation
- digitisation
- Eccles
- Eccles church
- education and outreach
- exhibition
- family history
- First World War
- great yarmouth
- Great Yarmouth Martime Festival
- hall books
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- hilda zigomala
- illustration
- India
- internship
- isinglass
- journal
- king's lynn borough archives
- Kings Lynn
- learning
- letters
- local history
- Lowestoft
- maps
- marriage
- marriage licence bonds
- Meet the Team
- memoirs
- newspapers
- norfolk
- Norfolk Heritage Centre
- norwich
- Norwich landmarks
- oral history
- parchment
- parish
- photography
- probate
- pubs
- refugees
- research
- school
- school workshops
- Second World War
- Sound Archive
- St Andrew's Hospital
- Strangers
- The National Archives
- tours
- traineeship
- Transforming Archives
- travel
- UEA
- UnlockingOurSoundHeritage
- UOSH
- Victorians
- volunteering
- volunteers
- witchcraft
- women
- WW2
- Wymondham
Archives
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- July 2014
Tag Archives: christmas
A Variety of Ways to Celebrate Christmas: Exploring the many Christmases of Hilda Zigomala
Those of you who have read out blog posts in the past, will probably remember we have mentioned the journals of Hilda Zigomala many times before. A collection of 15 volumes which chronicles her life from getting married to Jack … Continue reading
Posted in Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged christmas, First World War, India, London, traditional, Victorian, Zigomala
Leave a comment
Norfolk’s Christmas Village
The small village of Thursford in Norfolk is well known for two things. Its steam museum contains a vast collection of traction engines and elaborate carnival organs, as well as two currently operating theme park attractions. One of these is … Continue reading
Posted in NRO Research Bloggers
Tagged christmas, newspapers, performance, programmes, steam engine, Thursford
Leave a comment
Memories of Christmas from a German Prisoner of War
Soon after the Second World War ended German POWs were released across the country. Over 100 prisoners were released from Mousehold Camp based in Norwich. One such prisoner was Hans Dittrich who was interviewed shortly before release. Dittrich obviously appreciated … Continue reading
Posted in Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged christmas, Hans Dittrich, letters, norwich, prisoner of war, Second World War
Leave a comment
Canned Turkey and other Christmas Meals of the Past
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
Bangs of expectation-how a log fire sparked the idea for Britain’s first Christmas cracker
Crackers are an English invention derived from a French idea. They were first made by Londoner Tom Smith, an apprentice confectioner specialising in the making of sweets and cake ornaments. When he had saved enough money, Smith set up his … Continue reading
Memories of Christmas
Memories of Christmases gone by are always fascinating. In the Norfolk Sound Archive, which is part of the Norfolk Record Office, we hold a sound recording of the memoirs of Hon. Lady Smith, daughter of Savile Brinton, first Baron Somerleyton. … Continue reading
Behind the Scenes and Christmas Gifts
Have you ever wondered where all our millions of documents are stored, and in what conditions? Do you want to see first hand the innovative work and research our conservators are doing? We are once more offering
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Events
Tagged christmas, conservation, strongrooms, tours
Leave a comment
