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Conservation-Katharine’s journey from parchment to painting
This week’s blog post has been written by Katharine Waldron, postgraduate student at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and former volunteer at the Norfolk Record Office. I am in my first year on the Postgraduate Diploma in the Conservation … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Behind the Scenes
Tagged conservation, Courtauld Institute of Art, Easel paintings
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Digitsation, WW2, and King’s Lynn Charters
This week’s blog post is written by Caroline D, the Norfolk Record Office’s first digitisation trainee. She describes the fascinating work she has been doing for the past year and explains about some exciting resources which will be available in the … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Behind the Scenes, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged charters, conservation, diaries, digitisation, Edward II, Eighth United States Army Air Force, illumination, Kings Lynn, letters, medieval, memoirs, online, photography, Second Air Division Memorial Library, Second World War, Sound Archive, traineeship, website
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Creative Writing Winners Announced
We were so impressed by the standard of entries to our WW1 themed creative writing competition that we chose a winner from two age categories. ‘Love at First Shell’, written by Hope Owen Mcnair, in Year 6 at Fairhaven Primary School, wrote … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Behind the Scenes, Schools
Tagged children's activities, competition, conservation, diary, First World War, tours
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Meet the Team: Al, Volunteer
Al volunteers one morning a week here at the Norfolk Record Office. I (Emily) went to the Document Cleaning Room to chat to Al about volunteering. Emily: So Al, how did you first discover the Norfolk Record Office? Al: Well … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, family history, Francis Hornor and Son, land agents, maps, Meet the Team, surveyors, swan rolls, volunteers
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Boxing Day Box Making
Well, it’s boxing day, and clearly a perfect time to talk about boxes. We won’t give you the whole blurb about our new service, just watch this short video to find out more… And here’s a beautiful postcard-photograph from the … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Behind the Scenes, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged box, Caley's, chaplefield, chocolate, conservation, factory, photography, technology, video, women
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Mission Successful!
Thank you to everyone at the Norfolk Record Office for an enjoyable 12 week internship. My project with Antoinette looking at the differences between isinglass derived from wild-caught and aqua farmed sturgeon has gone very well. The research limitations using … Continue reading
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Tagged book binding, box, conservation, internship, isinglass, Meet the Team, sturgeon
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My Parchment Training
In October 2014, I started an Institute of Conservation (ICON) Internship at the Staffordshire Archive Service. During the Internship I will be working to preserve and conserve
Norfolk Record Office 