Monthly Archives: November 2011

It’s always the way isn’t it? I thought I’d been doing quite a good job at catching up with the backlog of submissions which had been sent to me over the summer months, having worked my way through the large … Continue reading →

I love reading or hearing people’s memories of past boating holidays on the Norfolk Broads and have always said that the written or spoken word really does bring history to life. Not only do they provide an entertaining read, but … Continue reading →

Between September 15th 1890 and August 31st 1891, the photographer and writer Peter Henry Emerson, cruised around Broadland in the converted wherry “Maid of the Mist”.  He kept a ships log of that year long journey which was published in … Continue reading →

The East Anglian Film Archive, who are based at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, have now made over 200 hours of footage from within their library available to view for free online, with more promised for the future. … Continue reading →

I spent a fruitless afternoon in Norwich at the weekend, trawling around camera shops and other likely haunts in search of a 16mm cine viewer to aid another future film project. I don’t really “do” the crowded city centre at … Continue reading →

If you’re anything like me, you probably don’t even want to think about it yet, but with Christmas just over five weeks away I thought I’d take the opportunity to do a shameless plug for the Broadland Memories DVD’s which … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on a selection of boat hire invoices, boatyard letters and other sundry items for the website over the weekend. Once again, I am indebted to Joyce Chesney for the following little gem! In amongst the Broads related … Continue reading →

Following on from the last post with featured a very sad image of the burnt out remains of the old Riverside Hotel at Brundall Gardens, John Chesney’s collection also contains some more images of fires within Broadland during the 1990s. … Continue reading →

I’m back in Brundall again for this post with another preview of some of the photographs from the John Chesney Collection which are waiting to be added to the main Broadland Memories website. John’s photographs provide a wonderful record of … Continue reading →

In the previous post I mentioned the fact that there are many unidentified faces within the photographs on the main Broadland Memories website, and how there are some real characters amongst them who I would love to be able to … Continue reading →

There are hundreds of unknown faces amongst the photographs on the Broadland Memories website. With images dating as far back as the late 19th century, it’s a fair bet that many will never be identified, although I always live in … Continue reading →

It was the war to end all wars. The German declaration of hostilities against Russia on the 1st of August 1914 heralded the start of the First World War and the so called era of modern warfare began. By the … Continue reading →