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© C.Gingell 2007 - all photographs, personal stories and written articles on this site are copyright and should not be reproduced anywhere else without the permission of the copyright owner and Broadland Memories.

Alongside the Broadland Archive is the Broadland ImageBank which is an archive of contemporary and historic photographs of the Norfolk Broads. Featuring full search facilities, the ImageBank aims to cover as many aspects of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads as possible featuring pictures of the towns and villages, the people, the wildlife and the environment. There you can upload your own photographs to add to the Imagebank once you have registered.

The Broadland Imagebank

Please remember when using the Broadland Memories archive that all photographs, stories and written articles are protected by copyright and should not be copied for use in the public domain without the express permission of the copyright holder or Broadland Memories.

If you see a photograph within the archive which you believe to be incorrectly attributed then please contact us. We will endeavour to investigate all possible copyright infringements and, if proven, we will either remove the image or ensure that it is correctly attributed.

Accuracy

We endeavour to ensure that all information within Broadland Memories is correct, however, if you do spot any mistakes then please contact us. Wherever possible we have spoken to the contributors to gain as much information as we can about the photographs submitted. The holiday tales and personal stories are unedited and are as submitted by the contributors.

Broadland Memories - the Broadland Archive - was born out of a strong interest in the history of boating for pleasure on The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads. Having seen numerous old photographs of the area, and also discovering the cine footage taken by my grandfather in 1950, I wanted to create an archive where these important historical images could be preserved and made available for the public to view. That initial idea developed further as I began to piece together the first ideas for the archive. Obviously, I needed to include some of Broadlands history to accompany the images, but I wanted to go a little further than that. I have always felt that the best way to capture the past and to get a genuine feel for history is to read first hand accounts written by the people who were there at the time.

And so I turned to the members of the Norfolk Broads Forum to ask for help. There had been many pictures posted of boating holidays taken in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and the odd tale or memory of Broadland during those eras. I also had absolutely no experience of web design and needed advice on where to start with such a mammoth project! My sincere thanks go out to Richard Tearle and the members of the forum for their invaluable help on this project, with both web advice and in providing photographs and memories for the archive. Many thanks also go to Andrew Day for his support, patience and help with creating and maintaining this website , to Craig Slawson at Horning.org.uk for hosting the Broadland Archive and for his technical advice , and to The Museum Of The Broads at Stalham for allowing me access to their archives for research purposes.

For the archive to continue growing I need your help. If you or your family have any old photographs of Broadland, or can help with memories, stories or holiday tales then please get in contact with me. If you have lived or worked in Broadland over the years and have some interesting tales to tell or can provide any information about it’s history then I would be delighted to hear from you. You will be given full credit for anything you submit and you will be helping to preserve the history of the area for future generations, as well as providing a wonderful online resource for those who are researching the history of the area or just have an interest in The Norfolk Broads.

The Archive itself is divided into seven main eras covering the last 150 years up to the end of the 20th century. Under each era you will find sections for history / overview, photo gallery pages, and a personal stories / memories directory. New for 2008 are the “Then & Now” and “Mystery” pages which you will also find links to from the main archive directory page. A further new addition to the archive will follow soon with the “Paper & Ephemera” section where you will find old newspaper cuttings, documents, boating invoices and letters, advertisements, postcards etc.

About The Broadland Archive

After several months of hard work, the archive was launched on the 3rd November 2006. Although not as complete as I would have liked it to be, the response in it’s first year has been overwhelming with new photographs and memories being added to the website on a regular basis. This is an ongoing project and new photos, stories and features will be added as they are gathered. The research and writing of the historical overviews is also continuing and the remaining eras will be published here once completed. In the future I also intend to do further, in depth research into various aspects and events in Broadlands history and the well known boatyards, you will find links to those articles from the main overview pages as soon as they are available.

I am always delighted to receive any stories or memories of Broadland and photographs of any size and quality to store within the archive. Unfortunately I am unable to display all submitted photographs on the website but do try to use as many as I can, however, everything is archived and stored permanently. To enable me to display photos on the site I need an absolute minimum of 800 pixels in width for those in landscape format, and 500 pixels in width for those in the portrait format, obviously the higher resolution the better. Please don’t let that put you off sending in any images you have as everything is gratefully received. If you need any advice about scanning or emailing photographs for the archive then please get in contact and I will do my best to advise.

All photographs are archived as they have been sent in, with no digital correction or alteration. Those which are displayed on the website are digitally re mastered, where possible, to remove colour casts, correct brightness and contrast and to clean up spots and marks to enable better viewing. Sometimes it may also be necessary to crop images for web display.

Paper & Ephemera

If you have any old Broads related newspaper cuttings, documents, hire invoices, letters, postcards, brochures, holiday guides advertisements etc., then I would also be very pleased to receive scans of these items for inclusion within the archive (copyright permitting!).

Submitting photographs and memories