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Bomber Command Medical Officers During the Second World War at RAF Marham

Posted on December 4, 2021 by nroeando2017

Introduction On D-Day 1945, RAF Medical Officer Victor Tempest introduced his memoirs, Near the Sun: Impressions of a Medical Officer of Bomber Command (NRO, MC 2216/1, 928X7), with the claim that he had achieved a ‘history of how men overcame … Continue reading →

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Helping community archives during the pandemic: The Norfolk Record Office’s ‘Community Archives’ project

Posted on February 15, 2021 by nroeando2017

Community Archives: Skills, Support and Sustainability (CAS³) is a National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported project that began in March 2020 and is due to run until March 2022. As its name suggests, the goals of this project are to: provide training … Continue reading →

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Royal Greenwich Observatory

Posted on March 12, 2020 by nhudsonnro

The ‘Unlocking Our Sound Heritage’ Project has received many collections for digitisation since it began. One such collection is the sound archives of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO), currently housed within the Cambridge University Archives. This collection has a vast … Continue reading →

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Saving the Nation’s sounds and opening them up to all

Posted on October 24, 2019 by elizabethjayne2015

Sound recordings help us to understand the world around us. They document the UK’s creative endeavours, preserve key moments in history, capture personal memories, and give a sense of local and regional identity.   The UK’s sound collections are, however, … Continue reading →

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Discovering Sound Recordings and the History of Railways: Spring Term for Secondary Schools

Posted on May 16, 2019 by victoriadraper24

The spring term involved helping 2 local high schools with different projects they have been working on. Oral History Firstly we welcomed a group of pupils from Old Buckenham High School as part of their oral history project. The school … Continue reading →

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One a Penny, Two a Penny, Hot Cross Buns: The Memoirs of Ethel George

Posted on April 12, 2017 by victoriadraper24

How are you marking Easter this year? While many people are busy eating hot cross buns, searching for hidden Easter eggs and visiting church it is worth thinking about how people use to celebrate Easter in the past. The Norfolk … Continue reading →

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