Our Aims

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

Develop activities that enhance/maintain the wellbeing and emotional resilience of club members

Be actively inclusive – open, accessible and welcoming to all


Thursday 30 May 2013

Tuesday 4th June Meeting - the River Wensum


At next week's meeting, club member, Mike Hudson, will be screening a film about Norwich and the river Wensum, entitled, 'Beside Still Waters'. Having had a preview myself, I think we're really going to enjoy this one! I will be adding some additional thoughts about the history and archaeology of the river in the form of a short presentation. I'm sure members will have plenty to add as well.

Meeting Place & Times: 
10:30 in Marzanos Cafe in the Forum
11:00 Training Room in the Millennium Library 

~ Colin Howey ~

Saturday 18 May 2013

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 - 

~ Colin Howey, NCHC Chair ~