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Holocaust Memorial Day

Posted on January 25, 2015 by emilysarah2012

Holocaust Memorial Day commemorates the victims of racial murder, both in the twentieth century and in earlier times.  The day, 27 January, has been chosen because it was on that date in 1945 that the Russian army, in their march … Continue reading →

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Peterhouse Primary School find out about local First World War soldiers

Posted on November 27, 2014 by victoriadraper24

Last week Year 6 pupils from Peterhouse Primary School visited us for a session looking at local soldiers in the First World War. We started the session with a general introduction to archives by playing the indenture game. Next the … Continue reading →

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Black Beauty’s Norfolk Heritage

Posted on November 24, 2014 by emilysarah2012

Black Beauty, the classic novel by Norfolk author Anna Sewell, was written at the very end of Sewell’s life and published on this day in 1877. The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) has many letters from her to her brother and … Continue reading →

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Great Yarmouth Heritage Schools

Posted on November 13, 2014 by emilysarah2012

Last Thursday, primary and secondary teachers from 7 schools in the Great Yarmouth area visited the Norfolk Record Office as part of the Heritage Schools programme which aims to ensure school children develop an understanding of their local heritage and its significance. … Continue reading →

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Norfolk Witchcraft Trials

Posted on October 20, 2014 by emilysarah2012

Trials for witchcraft were fairly common in Tudor and Stuart times: several can be found in the Yarmouth quarter sessions records, for example (Y/S 1/2).  By far the biggest trial was that of 1645.  Yarmouth Assembly actually invited Matthew Hopkins … Continue reading →

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