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‘Of Dreams and Cities’, a major new film season at BFI Southbank, offers an array of architectural treats in celebration of the RIBA’s 175th year, looking at architects, architecture and cities – http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_sou… ‘New Town’ is an entry in a Central Office of Information-sponsored animated series featuring the everyman character Charley, and promotes an escape […]
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charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / exhibitions / Then & Now April 14, 2010
Diss Museum ‘Oscar’ Nomination A cultural ‘Oscar’ could be on its way to Diss in the prestigious Museums and Heritage Awards For Excellence. Last year’s Tom Paine Festival, run by Diss Museum, has been nominated in the category of Best Project on a Limited Budget. The awards, open to museums all over the country and […]
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charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Then & Now April 14, 2010
Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum,Flixton, nr. BungayNorfolk Internal Combustion Engine Societywith many working engines, vehicles and bygones Sunday 18 April 201010.00 – 5.00Contact: 01986 896644Free Admission Ian HancockN&SAM – Flixton See more on www.aviationmuseum.net
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charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Then & Now April 13, 2010
Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum,Flixton, nr. BungayOpen with 60 aircraft and many thousands of related objects to viewSundays/Tuesdays/WednesdaysNote: Museum Summer opening times:Time: 10.00 – 5.00pm Contact: 01986 896644Free Admission Ian HancockN&SAM – Flixton See more on www.aviationmuseum.net
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Art & Theatre / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / exhibitions / Then & Now April 11, 2010
Visit the‘Magic Ear’ Exhibition 2010The Story of Radar 12.30pm to 4.30pm Sunday 4th April & Monday 5th AprilSunday 2nd May & Monday 3rd MaySunday 30th May & Monday 31st MaySunday 27th JuneSunday 25th JulySunday 29th August & Monday 30th AugustSunday 12th September Adults: £3.00 Children: FreeRefreshments Web: www.bawdseyradar.org.uk Email: [email protected] Heritage Lottery Funding has […]
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Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Then & Now / Waveney Valley April 8, 2010
Postcard image of the river Waveney, Beccles c1960s click to enlarge
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Norwich, Elm Hill, c1925 – click to enlarge Do you have any photos or post card images like this to share? If so, email them to us at [email protected] and we will publish them for all to enjoy!
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Over recent weeks almost every time we turn on the television or open a newspaper we have been confronted with reports on bullying. It even went so far as to be used in an attempt for political gain. Perhaps the instigators should have looked up the definition before proceeding. The dictionary states a bully as […]
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Then & Now / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk March 18, 2010
c.1910 Diss Smockmill Diss smockmill stood on the corner of Stuston Road and Victoria Road, having been erected on the site of an older postmill that was often known as Chase’s Mill and had been destroyed during a gale in 1839. The 5 storey mill had an 8 sided tower with a boat shaped cap […]
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Then & Now / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk March 18, 2010
September 1968 Bungay WatermillThe last working version of Bungay Watermill was built in 1902 and constructed of weatherboard and brick with a corrugated iron roof. When the mill was sold in 1784 it was powering 3 sets of French burr stones but by 1788 it only had 2 sets. There were almost certainly two adjacent […]
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The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John […]
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Boom Boom! Basil Brush comes to the rescue of potential careless bathers in this COI (Central Office of Information) film, trading bad puns and banter with his erstwhile comic partner Roy North. Basil was voiced and operated by Ivan Owen, a publicity-shy actor who remained anonymous during the puppets career and never gave interviews or […]
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Then & Now / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk March 11, 2010
c.1910 Diss Smockmill Diss smockmill stood on the corner of Stuston Road and Victoria Road, having been erected on the site of an older postmill that was often known as Chase’s Mill and had been destroyed during a gale in 1839. The 5 storey mill had an 8 sided tower with a boat shaped cap […]
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Earlham Road, Norwich c1900 – click to enlarge Do you have any photos or post card images like this to share? If so, email them to us at [email protected] and we will publish them for all to enjoy!
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Bungay Black Dog: an interview with David Waldron from Pagans for Archaeology David Waldron is the author of a new book, Shock! The Black Dog of Bungay: A Case Study in Local Folklore, and he kindly agreed to be interviewed by Pagans for Archaeology. It’s his second book; the first was The Sign of the […]
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Then & Now / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk March 4, 2010
c.1890 Alburgh Post MillAlburgh post mill had a single storey roundhouse and a tailpole. The mill was powered by two common sails and two double shuttered patent sails, each with 7 bays of 3 shutters and 1 bay of 2 shutters. The mill was almost certainly Hardwick west postmill that had been brought the 4 […]