Norfolk Record Office Events

Here's a message from Elizabeth Budd from the Norfolk Record Office's Education and Outreach team...

"Norfolk Record Office is very pleased to announce new events this June, and to report that there are still a small number of places on our children’s half term activities next week.

For Adult Learners’ Week (14-21 June) we are running eleven workshops in libraries across the breadth of the county. Some will be ‘house history for beginners’ and others ‘researching your military ancestors’. For full details, click here.

Would you like to hear about current research at the University of East Anglia? If communications, politics and conflict or American culture are your cup of tea, then ‘save the date’ for our three special guest lectures from the Schools of History and American Studies at UEA. We are delighted to have agreed dates and speakers for a trio of evening events (6pm) at Norfolk Heritage Centre called ‘UEA meets NRO’.

Our half term activities on May 27 and 28 at 2pm are booking fast. To ensure your place(s), please call 01603 222599. This time, we’re making boats and windpumps, celebrating St Benet’s and the Norfolk Broads. Our children’s activities are free!

If you’d like to interact with us online rather than visiting us, why not suggest ‘Your Norfolk Icon’ on our Facebook page? As our current exhibition is about St Benet’s Abbey an ‘icon of the Broads’, we’re looking for your own personal favourite Norfolk places.

Finally, a reminder that our St Benet’s lectures and Heritage Hours are ongoing, and again all of these details can be found at http://norfolkrecordoffice.eventbrite.co.uk

Happy researching!'

Museum Musings - A Fragile Survivor

I am currently writing a series of articles about museum objects that inspire me. I thought I would share one of these with you, HERE. As you will see, it is about an exquisite and fragile glass wine flask (pictured above) that is over 400 years old, and can be found on display within Norwich Castle Museum's Decorative Arts gallery. Having read this, maybe you will be inspired to go and see it for yourself!

Colin Howey
Chair
Norwich Community History Club

NOTICE: We Meet Again - Return to Marzanos

Image © UK Railways - Norwich Thorpe Junction, 1971

Just a quick notice to let you know that as from next Tuesday (20th May) we will be meeting at our usual place, Cafe Bar Marzanos in the Forum. 

Our speaker next week will be club Vice Chair, Nick Bowen, who will be giving an insiders account of his many years working on the railways. Knowing Nick as I do, this one will be well worth attending, and I'm really looking forward to it myself. 

Best Wishes,
Colin

Colin Howey
Chair
Norwich Community History Club

Please Note - Meeting in St Stephen's Church Cafe

PLEASE NOTE: We will be meeting for one more time next Tuesday (13th May) at St Stephens Church cafe, just in case the Marzano's Cafe is not ready in time.

St Benet's Exhibition & Free Lecture Series

Stories from St Benet's Exhibition...

St Benet’s Abbey, often referred to as an ‘icon of the Broads’, has been the subject of a recent HLF funded Conservation, Access and Community Project.  This exhibition examines the history and development of the Abbey, through the stories and records of its inhabitants and visitors, including those involved in the project.

The exhibition features items from the Norfolk Record Office, as well as artwork and archaeological finds from the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery and books and photographs from Norfolk Millennium Library (click on image, below, for details).

Stories from St Benet's Lecture Series...

In addition to the exhibition, there is also, an accompanying free lecture series, May – June 2014 (click on image, below, for details)

Announcement re Meeting Place

Thanks to everyone who attended today's talk about Kett's Rebellion. 

FYI for the next couple of weeks Cafe Bar Marzanos is doing building work where we normally gather. Therefore, over that period (29th April and 6th May) we will be using the cafe in the nearby St Stephen's church in Chapelfield, which is open from 10am onwards. 

Thanks!
Colin

Museum of Norwich Filming

All images © Aimee Judkins 2014

All of the evidence shows that a really important part of our wellbeing comes from giving. Therefore, we in the Norwich Community History Club are committed to contributing to the wider community. As part of our commitment to this, we are currently working in partnership with BBC Voices and the Norfolk Museums Service to make films about one of the Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell. Here are some photographs of club members working on their films.