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Brooke photos

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Brooke, the Village c1955 photo

Brooke, the Village c1955

Brooke, the Post Office c1955 photo

Brooke, the Post Office c1955

Brooke, The Church c1955 photo

Brooke, The Church c1955

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Brooke maps

Historic maps of Brooke and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Brooke maps

Brooke map

Historic map of Brooke

Norfolk map

Illustrated Victorian map of Norfolk

Brooke map

Historic Map of any Brooke postcode

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Brooke books

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Norwich Photographic Memories
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Memories of Brooke

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Norfolk memories

My Grandad

My grandad was a hairdresser in Hardley, he cut hair at his home. His name was Nicholls, anyone out there remember him?!

Shared on 04 June 2008 by Alan Nicholls.

Brundall

Peggy from the USA, who sent a memory of Brundall, is my cousin. Arthur Henry Brigham was my grandfather, and he was the Signalman at Brundall railway station. I knew Sydney (her father) very well, and also spent many happy days at Brooms boatyard. Get in touch Peggy - it's your long lost cousin calling!!!

Shared on 01 March 2009 by Peter Anderson-Edward.

Happy memories in Brundall

Imagine my surprise while sitting here in U.S.A. looking at pictures of the village Brundall, the village that I was born in. I saw a picture of my dad, Sidney A. Brigham, launching a sail boat at Brooms Boat Yard.  The year of the picture, number 11, is 1955.  He had worked at Brooms since he was about 15 and worked until age 65.  As a family, we spent many happy holidays on the river.  It was lovely seeing all the photographs - they brought back many wonderful memories.

Sincerely - Peggy


Shared on 20 September 2008 by Peggy Miller.

Hearts Cruisers

This gentleman is my grandfather Geoffrey John Hart. He owned and worked the business, Hearts Cruisers, with his two sons, Dick and Jack, and we spent many a happy hour there. In those days you could swim in the river as pollution was almost non-existent. Uncle Dick's many descendants are now mainly living in New Zealand but pay regular visits to the area to see where their family originally lived. Uncle Jack moved down to Sussex and his daughter Jane and her family now live in Barcelona.  His son Peter's family are in this country.

Shared on 10 May 2009 by Judi Ingram.

Extracts From Brooke & Norfolk books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Brooke, inspired by Frith photos.

Norwich Photographic Memories

On the road leading to the priory gateway, this fine 14th-century, jettied, timber-frame building may have been built for visitors to the abbey. The period petrol pumps have now gone.

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Norwich Photographic Memories

The spacious market-place was established by 1130, but the present timber-framed ‘cross’ building dates from 1617. It replaced the original after yet another Norfolk fire gutted the town centre.

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Norwich Photographic Memories

This was the former water mill. Smartened up, with its brickwork painted, the mill is now a house. It was powered by the head waters of the River Ant, canalised in 1826 as the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.

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