England's prosperity in the centuries after the Norman Conquest was made from wool and later from cloth. But everywhere in the country was different and the story of wool and cloth manufacture in Norfolk is both hard to find and complicated. Roger Arguile has attempted to probe the complexities of wool manufacture hereabouts and thinks...
Rupert Eris, a Ranger at the National Trust’s Sheringham Park, will talk us through the fascinating archaeology of the Park from Neolithic burial mound to WW2 era defensive earthworks.
Meet at the Sheringham Museum at the Mo.
The museum is on Lifeboat Plain. Please use the School Entrance towards the rear of the building.
The RAF Air Defence Radar Museum is an award winning, volunteer run visitor attraction that offers a fascinating and informative day out. Housed in the original 1942 radar operations building, the museum provides a unique window into the history of radar covering the period of WW2, through the Cold War to the present day. Talks...
Full details will be available soon.
Meet at the Sheringham Museum at the Mo.
The museum is on Lifeboat Plain. Please use the School Entrance towards the rear of the building.
In the eighteenth century Norwich was a major manufacturing centre of worsted and half-silk fabrics. Michael's talk will focus on the role of woolcombers, spinners, weavers, dyers, hot-pressers and others in the making of Norwich textiles, and the role of London and Great Yarmouth in the distribution of these highly desirable goods to consumers in...
Although medieval parish churches might appear to have been in place from the founding of a settlement, some were not: they may have been spawned from a mother church under the “system of Minster Parochiae.“ This lecture investigates how, why and where parish churches were established and built and how contemporary fashions and population growth...
This year’s History Group December Social event will take place in the Sheringham Salvation Army Hall at the corner of Co-operative Street and Cremer Streets.Taking our well established format of tea and cake, it will as usual run from 2.00 - 4.00 pm. Major Alex Bishop will kindly give us a brief run through of...
Diana Cornell, one of the founder Trustees of the Museum of the Broads, tells the fascinating story of setting up a Museum with lots of artefacts but no money. The Museum housed in 200 year old traditional waterside buildings showcases Broads people, crafts, wildlife and landscapes. Discover their story. Meet at the Sheringham Museum at...
Jon will to give us a snap shot of the history of the Norfolk Constabulary with reference to individual officers and some of the situations they encountered outside and inside the station.
Stephen Gillam is a semi-retired GP and public health specialist who has written extensively in both fields. The author of a book bearing the title of this talk, he has won awards from both the RCGP and the Society of Apothecaries. He comes from a line of Norfolk apothecaries and general practitioners dating back eight...
Norfolk born Elizabeth Fry lived a life of sufficient importance to merit her image on the previous edition of our £5 note (superseded only by Churchill). In a Live History presentation by Georgette Vale we will join Mrs Fry in 1845 and hear tell of her life as a Quaker and her work as...
History Group member Phyl Styles will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day (Victory over Japan) with a look at everyday life in the town after five grim years of war, and with loved ones still away fighting in the Far East. Based on extensive interviews with surviving residents who remember the day, Phyl will...