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Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith. Norwich, Samson and Hercules House, Tombland 1929 NCN-GKB Express Courier Service, Norwich
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Crossing the road can be a complex business (particularly if you’ve seen the Jon Pertwee ‘Splink’ film), so the COI (Central Office of Information) employed the cast of Dad’s Army in a campaign promoting pelican crossing etiquette. This is one of the funnier COI films, which often used scare tactics to alarm their audiences into […]
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“Perambulating the Bounds” at Southwold, Suffolk, UK on August 6 1928. Much of the townsfolk turned out to accompany the Town Council on their ritual round trip to reaffirm the extent of the Borough. The event was filmed by local amateur cinematographer, Barrett Jenkins. For more about the history and customs of Southwold, visit www.southwoldmuseum.org […]
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Existing purely to exploit the sheer joy of Blowing Things Up, this Topical Budget newsreel (originally released on 8 December 1924) proves that some things never change. The opening title sets out its priorities: the location and the name of the fort are unidentified (if anyone can identify it, please add a comment!), but the […]
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This short, silent film captures one of Britain’s minor little railways: the Leek and Manifold Light Railway on the Staffordshire Moorlands. The railway opened in 1907, linking the villages of Waterhouses and Hulme End, and was built mainly for agricultural traffic, with a passenger service being a secondary consideration. Its route went through beautiful countryside […]
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charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Then & Now September 20, 2010
Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum,Flixton, nr. BungayRoyal Observer Corps“At Home” Day Sunday 26th September 2010Time: 10.00am – 5.00pm Super Swing Big Band, dancers, 60 classic cars, nostalgia and bricabracstalls Flypast by Lancaster bomber.Donations requested Contact: 01986 896644Ian HancockN&SAM – Flixton See more onwww.aviationmuseum.net Mechanical Watches
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The last days of the Southwold Railway recorded on film in 1929. For more about Southwold Railway, visitwww.southwoldmuseum.org www.youtube.com/user/southwoldmuseum We can promote your business every week on the Iceni Post!
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This classic film from the long-running ‘Secrets of Nature’ series shows the birth, life and reproduction of sweet peas – as shown via an enthralling combination of close-up and time-lapse photography, occasionally interspersed with stop-motion animation, narrated by a somewhat florid commentary that has dated rather more noticeably than the still-astonishing images. (Michael Brooke) This […]
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Then & Now / Tourist Attractions Norfolk and Suffolk / Waveney Valley September 16, 2010
The mill site May 1969 Ditchingham WatermillDitchingham watermill was known to many as Rider Haggard’s Mill. Although a mill on this site was documented as far back as 1240, the last structure disappeared c.1850. The story goes that part of the waterwheel was found near to where the mill used to be and was made […]
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Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith. Great Yarmouth, Winter Gardens 1908
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Talking About the Weather. What has happened to Summer? We did have a warm spell a short time ago and it lasted just long enough for people to start complaining about the heat. Wouldn’t it be nice to have it back again. Too late now for the school holidays but what a long winter it […]
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Very often when people think of England, they conjure up images of an idealised rural landscape on a hot summer’s day; in ‘A Day in the Hayfields’, Cecil Hepworth gives us just that. We see the men and horses reaping and stacking as the village babies play in the piles of hay, throwing themselves into […]
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Harvest time. This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene’s ‘The Open Road’ – originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally restored by the BFI National Archive. Britain seen in colour for the first time was heralded as a great technical advance for the cinema audience – now we can view a much improved image, […]
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Haymarket c1900 Haymarket 2010 Norwich Haymarket, then and now! click images to enlarge courtesy Orb’s photostream
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1955 LE Velocette pointing to Harleston Museum click to enlarge courtesy Orb’s photostream Accidon’t driver training and work related road safety
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charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Then & Now September 8, 2010
Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum,Flixton, nr. BungayNostalgia DayMany 1940s artefacts to handleVisit a bomb shelter See 1940s cottage interior Sale of uniform items 1960s aircraft modellers room Rover Sports Register cars Sunday12th September 201010am – 5pm Contact: 01986 896644 Admission free but donations welcomed! Ian HancockN&SAM – Flixton See more on www.aviationmuseum.net