Some 27 members of the SHG enjoyed a very convivial event as guests of St Peter’s parish church in Sheringham. Following a brisk walk around a cold main building (defective central heating system) we retired to a warm , modern parish hall, where Richard Jonas gave us a detailed history of the church which was…
This year is the 70th Anniversary of the 1953 Floods. Historian and author Neil Storey gave his annual SHG presentation at the Sheringham Little Theatre. He showed evocative photographs and told moving stories of the people and places that experienced the worst natural disaster to affect our coastline in living memory.
Although Adrian talked generally about using maps and publicly available sources for researching Norfolk history, he kept the focus on Sheringham. He put up an extract of the local OS map and used this to highlight features to look for on maps to pick out significant places of interest e.g. the Skelding Hill Lookout Station,…
Following last year’s well liked presentation by Lois Prismall, in which we got to inspect a table full of everyday items from the 40’s and 50’s, we held a DIY evening! Members were invited to bring along an item of personal historical value for display, and to give us a few minutes explanation of why…
A party of around 30 History Group members had a very interesting and informative morning tour of parts of this school, courtesy of Mr Simon Kinder, their Head of History. The picture was taken in the new Sir James Dyson STEAM building.
House histories, as featured in the BBC television series of David Olusaga, “have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history”. (Choice Magazine). Local writer Helen Murray discussed the research that went into writing her book about the Newhaven Court Hotel in Cromer, a house frequented by many illustrious figures including Churchill, Shackleton and Tennyson.
During Lockdown Andrew gave us a two part video presentation of the history behind the colourful village signs of Norfolk. He returned in person to give us a follow up talk on those particular signs featuring the county’s wind and water mills, together with stories of their millers and machinery.
In this centenary year of the 1923 opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun , Sue Gattuso from Swaffham Museum talked the Group through archaeologist Howard Carter’s life, beginning with his Breckland background.
Sophie is a past President and Hon.Gen.Sec of the Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological Society, which was founded in 1846. She spoke about the Society, its history; the history of County Archaeological Societies in the UK, NNAS’s changing roles over the years and its plans for the future.
Sue and Guy spoke about bell ringing, locally and county wide. They told us how they raised the money to reinstall bells in All Saints church, Upper Sheringham, silent since 1932. They teach and are ardent bell ringers and told us of its history and relevance in Norfolk. They brought along some hand bells for…