Norwich Community History Club

Tony Harper mentioned the lost village of Eccles at the Christmas lunch so I thought a related article would be of interest.  Eccles-On-Sea ...

From the 16th century wealthy families were looking to live outside the centre of the city of Norwich, if nothing else to escape the over cr...

Here is an interesting article about Christmas.  I didn’t realise that the Victorians were so fond of morbid Christmas cards e.g. dead birds...

The 100 years from 1750 is often recognised as the Golden Age of Norwich Weaving.  The following article describes this period and also othe...

We had an interesting talk about Mary Chapman and the Bethel Hospital on Tuesday.  It was interesting and somewhat disturbing to learn about...

Since I saw the last Mary Queen of Scots film which had Adrian Lester playing one of Queen Elizabeth’s advisers, I have always wondered whet...

Many thanks to Pat Wright for her talk on Dragon Hall on Tuesday.  It's an incredible building and a shame that I haven't visited it...