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Our Club's aims are to:

Learn collaboratively about the history, heritage and archaeology of Norwich and Norfolk

Develop resources and activities that contribute to the wider community’s understanding of history and archaeology

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Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Robert Hales - The Norfolk Giant

Here is an interesting film from the series A Little Bit of History.  I had never heard of Robert - so who was he?  He towered over brothers and sisters that were well over six foot, so how tall was he?  How much did he weigh?  After a brief career in the Royal Navy he joined the circus and had some very distinguished admirers but who were they?  He then journeyed to the United States, but whose famous circus did he join?  And in which Norfolk village is he buried?  To find out the answers to these questions and more related information please select the following link, you can play the film by selecting the play button (you may need to move the red bar back to the start):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziKVBQTlIJ0&t=8s

Here is an EDP article on Robert to supplement the above film which can be accessed via the below link:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/weird-norfolk-robert-hales-giant-pt-barnham-1477246 

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