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East Anglian Dulcimers.
Who now has ever heard, let alone seen, a dulcimer being played recently in East Anglia? Few I imagine, yet at the beginning of the 20th...
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'A' in Granny Bonnets' Alphabet of Witches
Aurelia Ainsworthy Have you been lucky enough to see Auriel? She is very shy and gentle: a protective witch. She roams in the quiet of...
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When Laurel and Hardy Played Norwich.
As a young girl living in small-town Essex, it was a real treat to visit the local cinema, the Century in Loughton. It was where we could...
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Halloween or All Hallows Eve...
So, the shops are full of cheap Halloween goodies and the children are planning their outfits for Trick or Treat, that recent import from...
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A Day on the Norfolk Broads
Not too early a start as we clambered aboard the little motor cruiser around half past eleven. Our friends had found for themselves a...
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New Foods
It's hard to relate my younger years' shopping and eating habits to those of today. The small row of shops 'up top' that catered for a...
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Topiary
Granny loves a bit of gardening and though I say it myself Hubby and I have between us created our own mini-paradise. Twenty-five years...
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Aquiligias
So, it's that special time of year again when Granny's Bonnet flowers all across the northern hemisphere but particularly, as far as I'm...
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Dr. Barnardo and the Navy
Recently Hubby and Ivisited a large Victorian brick and flint house, all that remains now apart from its converted church, of the massive...
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Use It or Lose It!
I well remember my own mother holding her arm straight out in front of her and kicking up her foot to touch her fingers. She was in her...
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Jimi Hendrix in Norwich?!
I wonder how many people realise as they pass by Nando's restaurant on Red Lion Street in Norwich, formerly the Orford Arms pub, that the...
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How are your Innards?
I've just been reading Guilia Enders' book so eloquently titled Gut. The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ. As a family of...
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The Jenny Lind
I should think practically everyone in Norwich knows what you mean when you say 'I'm going to the Jenny Lind.' Do you? Many years ago...
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Loch Neaton
Whoever would have thought that we in Norfolk have our own Loch? We have meres and lakes as a rule, so what's the story behind Loch...
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Guest Page No. 2 -Harvest Time
Well, as a mere Occicat, I must confess to being a little confused. Since Springtime, I have carried out my usual morning routine of...
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A Favourite Photograph
I expect you have a favourite image that brings back happy memories or simply makes you feel good just to look at it...
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Vancouver
November, 2021 Sent by the Royal Navy, from 1757 to 1798, Captain George Vancouver commanded one of the greatest geographic surveys ever...
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Sarah Glover & the Norwich Sol-fa
Sarah Glover was born in Norwich in 1786 in The Close, a serene place of genteel houses which flanks the Cathedral...
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Admiral Horatio Nelson
Who would have thought that the sixth child of eleven, born in 1758 in a small Norfolk village close to the North Sea...
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Pennoyers
In the Middle Ages, East Anglia was a rich wool-producing area and hat-making was the principle line of work in villages known as The...
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