Author Archives: broadlandmemories

I’ve been finding further pieces of the Broads Tours history over the past few weeks, both by searching through the Broadland Memories archives and other online resources, and via a couple of very interesting items which were loaned to me. … Continue reading →

I was in Hoveton last weekend and took the opportunity to attempt to get a “Then & Now” photo of the site on which the Daisy Broad villas Kia Manzi, Southernholme and Broadwaters once stood. Rather foolishly I forgot to … Continue reading →

In the post war boating boom of the 1950s, thousands of visitors would flock to Horning every year to pick up their boats from one of several boatyards which offered a variety of craft for hire. Most of those holidaymakers … Continue reading →

Following on from my last blog post on the photograph of the Broads Floating Food Market which had been sent to me by Mick Middleton, I thought I’d post up another photo from the Broadland Memories archives which shows a … Continue reading →

Over the past couple of months I’ve been receiving batches of photos every week from Mick Middleton who is in the process of scanning the large collection of photographs of the Norfolk Broads which he has taken over the years, … Continue reading →

It’s been an expensive month as I have bought several more Norfolk Broads related books to add to my collection, some new and some secondhand. I may well review a couple of these in the future, but for this post … Continue reading →

The trains from Norwich had been crowded as people travelled from far and wide to witness the great spectacle which was to take place at Great Yarmouth on May 2nd 1845. As the people gathered along the banks of the … Continue reading →

I’ve spent the last few weeks working on the Edwardian Great Yarmouth holiday notes and photographs which I mentioned in this post from February. The notes were quite brief and it’s been  rather time consuming trying to find more information … Continue reading →

Following on from my “Old Broads Tour Boats never die” post on here a couple of weeks ago, I’ve had some further information sent to me regarding the whereabouts of two of the old Broads Tours passenger boats. Firstly, my … Continue reading →

Beccles is a fine market town with some wonderful architecture, an interesting variety of shops and a good range of eating and drinking establishments, all of which combine to make it an essential stopping point of ours whilst out on … Continue reading →

In February of this year I made mention on here of the Mediterranean style villas which once stood overlooking Daisy Broad at Hoveton. Over the last month I have been contacted by two people who had a family connection to … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I purchased an original copy of P.H. Emerson’s On English Lagoons via an online bookseller. Upon its arrival I began to flick through the pages and was somewhat surprised, but rather delighted, to find an old … Continue reading →