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  • “Memberobilia” Evening / AGM

    Sheringham Museum The Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham

    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 plan a DIY evening! Members are invited to bring along an item of personal historical value for display, and give us a few minutes explanation of why it’s...

  • Reading & analysing the historic landscape of your area-Adrian O’Dell

    Sheringham Museum The Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham

    Many believe that Norfolk was always an untouched backwater, but in fact it was one of the most populated and prosperous parts of the country from the Norman Conquest until the Industrial Revolution. Focusing on North Norfolk, Adrian will show how the effective use of maps and written records makes it possible to reveal this...

  • 1953 Floods-Neil Storey

    The Little Theatre Sheringham 2 Station Rd, Sheringham

    This year is the 70th Anniversary of the 1953 Floods. Join historian and author Neil Storey at Sheringham Little Theatre for an evening of evocative photographs and moving stories of the people and places that experienced the worst natural disaster to affect our coastline in living memory. Tickets are available priced £9 for members and...

  • Annual Social Event for members

    St Peter's Church Hall The Boulevard, Sheringham

    The annual Sheringham History Group winter social will be held in the Church Hall of St. Peter’s C of E on December 6th, between 2.00 and 4.00 pm. This will take the form of tea/coffee and cake, and the Minister has kindly offered to provide an accompanying short talk on the history of the site....

  • But for a simple twist of fate…..Phil Hawes

    Sheringham Museum The Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham

    The story of Tom Bourdillon, Gresham School’s “nearly man”. Phil will describe to us how, just days before Hillary and Tensing reached the summit of Mt. Everest in 1953, Bourdillon and his companion Charles Evans reached the South Summit of the peak, just 100 M from their goal. They have gone down in mountaineering history...

  • Shackleton’s connections to Sheringham-Tim Groves

    Sheringham Museum The Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham

    Tim Groves from Sheringham Museum will probe the connections between famed Antarctic explorer Earnest Shackleton and our town of Sheringham. Tim will be expanding upon the themed museum collection which will be the highlight of their 2023 season. Meet at the Sheringham Museum at the Mo. The museum is on Lifeboat Plain. Please use the...

  • Aylsham Roman Project (ARP): An Update-Sheila Denny

    Sheringham Museum The Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham

    Sheila writes "Our site, at Woodgate Nursery in Aylsham, has a history that we are only gradually discovering. Our first dig was in 2016 and our presentation goes through what we have uncovered and been doing over the period since then. We are a community archaeology group for all ages and abilities, professional and non-professionals,...

  • Wool in Norfolk-Roger Arguile

    Sheringham Museum The Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham

    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...

  • From Tumulus to Trench : the Archaeology of Sheringham Park-Rupert Eris

    Sheringham Museum The Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham

    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.

  • Annual Away Day-RAF Air Defence Radar Museum in Neatishead, near Horning.

    RAF Neatishead Birds Lane,, Neatishead

    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...

  • Norwich Textiles, a Global Story 1750-1840-Dr Michael Nix

    Sheringham Museum The Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham

    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...