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Tag Archives: letters
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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‘I suppose you think that I am shot’: Problems writing home from the Crimean War.
‘I suppose that you think that I am shot since you have not heard from me for so long but thank God I am not yet but I have had some near escapes.’ These are the words of Private Thomas … Continue reading
Posted in NRO Research Bloggers, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged Coldstream Guards, Crimea, crimean war, letters, Light Infantry, Russia
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The Mackenzie family of Scotland and a Norfolk romance
The unusual survival of some letters, found with the marriage licence bond for Henry Bathurst and Frances Mackenzie, 14 July 1807, give us a rare insight into a mother in Scotland eagerly awaiting news of her daughter’s marriage in the … Continue reading
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
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Tagged christmas, Hans Dittrich, letters, norwich, prisoner of war, Second World War
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Disgruntled of Ditchingham: Stories from the correspondence of W. Carr
William Carr of Ditchingham Hall was a Magistrate of many years standing, for Norfolk, Suffolk, and the West Riding. He was chairman of the Norfolk Quarter Sessions, vice-chairman of Norfolk County Council and a Deputy Lieutenant for Norfolk. Hidden among … Continue reading
“You may think you can imagine my feelings but you can’t”: Letters from the Front
The Norfolk Record Office holds a fascinating collection of First World War papers by a man named Philip Hewetson. Philip was the son of William Hewetson, the rector of Wroxham with Salhouse. He joined the army in 1914 and wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged First World War, front, Hewetson, letters, remembrance sunday, Rider Haggard, trenches
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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 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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