As part of our 'The Changing Landscape' school workshop, we look at coastal erosion in Norfolk. This photo is of Eccles church, where the ancient tower stood on the beach until it fell in 1895. Here is a blog post about the church norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2020/01/11/t... #EarthDay
Today is #NationalTeaDay and here is little John Zigomala aged 5 having a tea party for his toys from 1901. From the journals of his mother, Hilda Zigomala. #teaparty
Look back at the conservation of the letters and notebooks of Dr Richard Bright, the Father of Nephrology youtu.be/68d5e6DHmqI?... #Archive30 #ArchiveConservation
#onthisday in 1912 the Titanic sank in the North Atlanic ocean. Norfolk born crew member Frank Winnold Prentice was a survivor, born and baptised in Downham Market. Read more about his amazing story - www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-surv... #titanic #titanicsurvivor
Find our toolkit, guidance and advice for #CommunityArchives on our website www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3088... #Archives30
Ahead of the Grand National later today, here is a wonderful page from the journals of Hilda ZIgomala, when she attended Derby Week in 1901. Her journal includes a paddock ticket and a grand stand ticket. #grandnational #hildazigomala #derby #horseracing
Join us on Tues Apr 21 10am to experience Behind the Scenes at the Norfolk Record Office. Find out how the conservators repair documents, venture into one of our strongrooms and see a display of original documents. Book here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the... #NorfolkHistory #NorfolkArchives
Today is #WorldHeathDay. Jessie Hayward was a nurse who trained at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from 1906 - 1909, and she features in this Reading from the Archives film where her own diary tells us about her ship being torpedoed during the First World War. youtu.be/XrQqIa2q5UM?...
A highly decorative card from the archive for this Easter Sunday. #happyeaster #eastersunday #eastercard
The bunny has long been associated with Easter, and here is a fantastic map showing lots of them! This is part of a larger map showing the Methwold Warren and dates from 1699. How many rabbits can you spot? #easterbunny #rabbitwarren #methwoldwarren
Will you be enjoying some chocolate eggs today? These were some of the egg-citing options available from the Mackintosh Easter catalogue in 1966. Do you remember eggs like these? (NRO, BR 266/324). #easter #easterchocolate #chocolatearchives
Thank you to all who came to Reuben Harvey's talk on Mousehold Heath Aerodrome last week. We had lots of interest in the topic and some great questions. We're pleased to let you know that Reuben's talk is now available on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/9GnvYqxd1L0 #mouseholdheathaerodrome #mousehold
Text reads: Hall Marks Norfolk Libraries Tour Research your family or house history – for free, 30 minute talks followed by bookable 1-1 slots 7 March Cromer 14 March Dereham 28 March Attleborough 25 April Wymondham 9 May Downham Market 16 May Gaywood 6 June Gorleston 20 June Great Yarmouth 15 August Long Stratton 26 September Thetford TBA Mile Cross TBA Watton TBA Wells More dates (and possibly locations) TBA... Find out more on our Eventbrite!
We've added more dates to our 'Research your family or house history - for FREE' tour.
If we've not been already, the Hall Marks project will be coming to a library near you soon to help set you off on the right track for your family or house history journey.
Booking essential - buff.ly/2ejYOJ8
A short account of a practical joke played by fighter and bomb squadron pilots from the USAAF collection for this #AprilFoolsDay. #worldwartwo #usaaf
My first blog post in a series of three sharing some of my research from @norfolkro.bsky.social. This is about friendship and intimacy between women in the 1920s - from Great Yarmouth to Paris!
Our fantastic volunteers were cleaning this map this morning from 1912 depicting the proposed berth for vessels at the junction of the Bure and Breydon water. #NorfolkHistory #GreatYarmouth #Volunteers
To mark #BritishSummerTime & the 🕰️ going forward by 1 hr we have some pics of the Gurney Clock that was commissioned in 1974 to mark 200 yrs of Gurney's Bank. The clock stood for for many years in Chapel Field Gardens before being moved into Castle Mall in 1998 and into storage in 2015.
Research your family or house history for free. Attleborough Library, Saturday 28 March. Free talks at 10:30am and 1pm. 1-1 bookable sessions follow each talk. For more information go to: attleb.eventbrite.co.uk
If you've always wanted to know more about your ancestry or the history of your house - why wait any longer?
There are still a few places left on our 'Research your family or house history - for FREE' event at Attleborough Library this Saturday 28 March.
Details and links on image.
Today we celebrated 10 years of our Repackaging group, formerly the #SealSockSewingBee with our fantastic volunteers. We have come together over the last 10 years to help to preserve Norfolk's archives. #NorfolkHistory #Archives #ArchiveCake #Volunteers
We had a great turn out for Reuben's talk on Mousehold Aerodrome today. Thank you to all who came in person or attended online. Reuben spoke about his great-grandparents, and here is the link to their story - www.itv.com/news/anglia/... #pow #norfolkpow
We have been enjoying the enchanting #SmallProphets and coincidentally found this letter in the All Hallows of Ditchingham collection. The letter is to Sister Violet from C S Lewis. #WorldPoetryDay
🌼 It's the first day of spring! Which spring flowers are you looking forward to seeing? We love this seasonal image from the journals of Hilda Zigomala. #spring #springequinox #springflowers #daffodils #hildazigomala
Our talk next week, Exploring the landscape of Mousehold Heath Aerodrome by Reuben Harvey, is fully booked in person, but the great news is you can still join us online. Head to Eventbrite to book your space - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-... #historytalks #mouseholdaerodrome
Next stop Attleborough! Hall Marks is bringing our event 'Research your family or house history - for FREE' to Attleborough Library on Sat 28 March.
Short talks followed by 121 sessions on library computers (starting 10:30am and 1pm). Sessions are free, booking is essential. Go to: buff.ly/nfz9plj
Great memory, thanks for sharing, Alan!
This St Patrick's day we are sharing this lovely watercolour from the journals of Hilda Zigomala, showing a moment of reflection in #Kilkenny. #StPatricksDay #StPatrick
This is a blast from our past? do you remember when the Norfolk Record Office took up residence in Gildengate House at Anglia Square? After the library fire and before the Archive Centre. This is what it looks like now during the #demolition of #AngliaSquare
From a collection of the Smith and Chamberlin families of Wells-next-the-Sea we have this group photograph of a 'Tea party for mother's day' dated 1916. #HappyMothersDay #TeaParty
From the journals of Hilda Zigomala we have an early example of a medical x-ray dated 1907, when John breaks his arm falling off his pony. #BritishScienceWeek #Xrays #Science
