Norfolk in World War Two Spring Events

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What Have We Been Up to & What Next?

The Cathedral of St John the Baptist, at night...

Our thanks go out to Paul Greener who gave a talk based on his MA thesis about the 1945 Norwich Plan to club members. It was not an area I was familiar with and it certainly opened my eyes to lots of issues, clues and 'what ifs' that will inform my thinking about our city's past and present. Anyway, the feedback I have received from members has been very positive, so thanks to Paul.

Next Tuesday (21st May), we'll be meeting as usual in Marzanos cafe before going to the library's Training Room. We have Gary Standley from the BBC Voices project coming to talk to us about the possibility of members making our own films about some of the historic sites we love within Norwich. After that, I would like to quickly run through the Club's aim so that members are all fully aware of what we're about. We can then do a little bit of history together - namely, by examining some old maps and photographs from the Norfolk Heritage Collection as sources of evidence. What do they tell us? Why were they made/taken? Who paid for them? We'll work in small groups to explore this together and then share some of our conclusions. 

FYI: the following week (28th May) we will be visiting the Cathedral of St John the Baptist - the Victorian Catholic cathedral. We will be meeting in Marzanos at the usual time, but if members would prefer to meet at the cathedral, we will be starting the tour there at 11:15 (meeting in the Narthex, welcome centre). The tour will be led by Jo Anderton, the cathedral's Education Officer, and there will be a small charge of £1.50 per person. 

PS Here's a piece I did about visiting St John's at night, a couple of years back - 

Museums at Night Twilight Tower Tours

~ Colin Howey, NCHC Chair ~

Free Introduction to Family History - Norfolk Heritage Centre

The dates for the next available free introduction to family history sessions in the Millennium Library are in April (Tuesdays):

Part 1: 23 April 17.30pm-19.30pm

Part 2: 30 April 17.30pm-19.30pm

This mini-course will provide you with the basics of researching your family tree and will focus on the key building blocks of civil registration and census returns. Each session includes an introductory presentation and an Internet workshop, where you will learn how to use the ‘Ancestry’ website for family history research.

For more information and to book a place please contact the Norfolk Heritage Centre on (01603) 774740 or email (norfolk.studies.lib@norfolk.gov.uk). All sessions take place on the Second Floor of the Millennium Library.