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Tag Archives: tours
Creative Writing Winners Announced
We were so impressed by the standard of entries to our WW1 themed creative writing competition that we chose a winner from two age categories. ‘Love at First Shell’, written by Hope Owen Mcnair, in Year 6 at Fairhaven Primary School, wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Schools
Tagged children's activities, competition, conservation, diary, First World War, tours
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Behind the Scenes and Christmas Gifts
Have you ever wondered where all our millions of documents are stored, and in what conditions? Do you want to see first hand the innovative work and research our conservators are doing? We are once more offering
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Tagged christmas, conservation, strongrooms, tours
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Archival Ambulations
As part of the The National Archives -Explore your Archives initiative, the Education and Outreach Team conducted two Archival Ambulations on Monday and Tuesday this week. Our intrepid walkers met at the Nelson statue in the Upper Close of Norwich … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged ambulation, Black Tower, bombing raids, breweries, coroner's inquests, Dragon Hall, Explore your Archive, Flour Mill, graveyard, Howard House, King Street, letters, local history, maps, Moutergate, Nelson, norwich Cathedral, norwich city walls, norwich walks, Richard Wright, The National Archives, tombland, tours, walking
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Heritage Open Days events coming up!
Another busy week coming up, this time for the Heritage Open Days. On Thursday, 11 September Kären Gaffney, our Education and Outreach Assistant, will be running an archival ambulation. The walk will go past some of the city’s landmarks, before … Continue reading
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Tagged Heritage Open Days, Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich landmarks, Shakespeare, tours
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