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Loves First Kiss
This is the park where Sam and I had our first kiss! xx
Contributed by Jennifer Christie
Norfolk memories
Loves First Kiss
This is the park where Sam and I had our first kiss! xx
A memory of Norwich contributed by Jennifer Christie
Old John Barley Corn....
Known as the 'John Barley Corn' children because at the Staithe where they all used to play, there is an inlet. In the 1920s, when boats came past, the children would sing 'Old John Barley Corn if you throw us a penny we will sing you a song'. Sometimes handfuls of pennies would be thrown. The people on one boat 'Nelson' were always quite generous. It was quite a scramble to each get a couple of pennies.
A memory of Belaugh contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Bird Family
Hello My name is Chris Dann I am a direct decendant of Frank Gilbert Bird of Honingham, England and I am looking for decendants of his brothers and sisters. Frank had an older brother named Charles Edward Bird born in 1893, a younger brother named Cyril Victor Bird born in 1900 and a younger sister named Olive born in 1892. Olive married a Stanley Shickle and they lived in East Dereham. Frank also had a younger sister named Kathleen born in 1904, Harvey George born in 1906, Eric Perival 1908 and Melville Eve born in 1910. The family grew up at Tollgate Farm and sometime after the 1901 census the name of the farm was changed to the Grange Farm.
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A memory of contributed by Chris Dann
Extracts From Norwich & Norfolk books
Francis Stone’s 1811 lodges flank the main entrance to the castle. The bridge of 1825 replaced a crumbling 12th-century one. The austerity of this view is not softened by a few trees.
An extract from from"Norwich Photographic Memories".
All Saints’ Church in the distance survived bombing and post-war clearance, along with a thatched pub, the quaintly-named Barking Dickey, which later became a greengrocer and then a bank. It is difficult to equate this tumble-down cobbled street with today’s unattractive Westgate.
An extract from from"Norwich Photographic Memories".
This old view gives a fine impression of how long the cathedral is.The magnificent row of arched openings nearer the camera is the ruined priory infirmary.
An extract from from"Norwich Photographic Memories".
Here we have a closer view of the pulpitum screen. Little of the original 15th-century stonework survived Anthony Salvin’s ‘restoration’ in 1833. The nave vault has more than 250 bosses, all richly and superbly carved.
An extract from from"Norwich Photographic Memories".
The great Norman crossing tower has windows high up, which flood the crossing with light. This view shows the Norman work well, with the network of 15th-century vault ribs receding into the distance.
An extract from from"Norwich Photographic Memories".