Tag Archives: Jarrold’s

All Quiet. Roof Still On: Jarrold’s Fire Watching Log August 1940-May 1941 (Part 2)

Posted on June 26, 2021 by nroeando2017

(Continued from Part 1, taken from the Jarrold’s fire watch log book JLD 4/10/16) Battling the Enemy Britain went to war with Germany in 1939.  The Jarrold’s firewatchers went to war with the rats in August 1940. Youngman took it … Continue reading →

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All Quiet. Roof Still On: Jarrold’s Fire Watching Log August 1940-May 1941 (Part 1)

Posted on June 5, 2021 by nroeando2017

Jarrold’s department store in Norwich had to adhere to the 1940 Fire Watchers Orders by having firewatchers on duty at all times.  This log begins in August 1940 and ends in May 1941 (JLD 4/10/16).  It records the duties and … Continue reading →

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Homelovers Hints and British Landscapes: New Year Calendars from 1946-2001

Posted on December 30, 2015 by elizabethjayne2015

Have you started to write in your calendar ready for the New Year? It may surprise you to know that in the archives of the Norfolk Record Office we hold more than 340 calendars. Many of these have been printed … 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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