Monthly Archives: February 2012

I mentioned in the last post that I had received a good number of new submissions of photos and memories for the archive over the last few weeks, but I have also had quite a few emails from people who … Continue reading →

New submissions to the archive have been coming in thick and fast over the last few weeks, more details of which will follow on here when I’ve finished getting the new computer up and running. In the meantime I thought … Continue reading →

The old Blake’s and Hoseason’s boating brochures provide an invaluable source of information for me when researching the boats and boatyards of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads and also give a good insight into how boating holidays were conducted over … Continue reading →

Not everyone who visited Broadland over the years came to enjoy a boating holiday. The seaside resorts of Norfolk and Suffolk became hugely popular destinations during the Victorian era when the expansion of the rail networks made travel to the … Continue reading →

I’ve upoaded another batch of 20 old postcards to the Broadland Memories website this morning which include six views of Coltishall and fourteen of Wroxham and Hoveton. Once again, there are quite a few Edwardian postcards amongst the collection but … Continue reading →

It sounds like a Sherlock Holmes novel but all will become clear! Rather than sit twiddling my thumbs whilst I await the arrival of my rebuilt PC, I decided to work on adding some more old postcards to the Broadland … Continue reading →

I did a series of three blog posts in December 2010 which covered harsh winters in Broadland over the years, beginning with a post on the Big Freeze of winter 1963. The recent cold snap and accompanying snow in Norfolk … Continue reading →

I’ve added a new photo index page to the website this morning which lists all of the various collections of photographs within the Broadland Memories Gallery pages in chronological order, with brief descriptions of those collections. It’s something that I … Continue reading →