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Tag Archives: journal
Exploits on the Grand Tour
With the weather still cold and wet people are starting to think about their summer holiday. Many picturing warm sandy beaches and relaxing evenings. 200 years ago many of the middle classes were enjoying their first experiences of travelling abroad, … Continue reading
Posted in Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged diaries, Europe, France, Grand Tour, italy, journal, letters, travel, volcano
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Disaster on The Grand Tour
During the seventeenth century the grand tour became a popular pastime for aristocrats, wanting to complete their education and to see the fine examples of art and different culture in Europe. We know of their travels through the art … Continue reading
A New Year in 1905
These happy dancers at a New Year’s ball in 1905 are just one memory captured in fifteen illustrated journals created by a woman named Hilda Zigomala. She was the daughter of Charles and Augusta North of Rougham Hall (between King’s … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged diary, hilda zigomala, illustration, journal, new years eve, Norfolk women in history, Rougham Hall, scrapbook
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