Sketch found by one of fantastic volunteers whilst cleaning Great Yarmouth Borough Port and Haven Commissioners records (Y/PH 16/11) from the early 20thC. What do you think is going on? #GreatYarmouth #NorfolkHistory #Archives #VolunteersWeek #ArchivalFInd

This #volunteersweek the Hall Marks project would like to say THANK YOU to everyone helping us achieve our ambition of digitally transcribing over half a million entries from Norfolk’s tithe apportionments. The transcriptions will be a significant resource for anyone researching history in Norfolk.

The Hall Marks project was pleased to discuss all things Costessey Hall with Paul Cooper this morning. He has an enviable archive and maintains a display of photographs at Costessey Library. He is also involved with the making a 3D printed model of the hall. He brought the chapel along to show us.

It's never too late to learn to ride a bike, as these instructions from a journal owned by Leonard Bolingbroke show. They include using a 'friendly wall' to get your balance. #WorldBicycleDay2026

Volunteer Iona has completed an index of the Yarmouth gaol register 1838-50 — 3,965 entries. She found prisoners from Europe, the US, Canada, India, Yarmouth and Norfolk; ages 7-82. Offences range from pickpocketing to murder. #VolunteersWeek

It may surprise you to know that no-one in this drawing by Hilda Zigomala had passed their driving test. That is because it wasn't until just over 30 years later that #otd in 1935 the first UK driving test took place. The test cost 37½ pence and the pass rate was 63%.

#OTD Anne Boleyn died. Henry VIII's second wife was charged with treason and beheaded. Rumour has it that she was secretly buried in Salle Church in Norfolk near the tombs of her ancestors. Read about the masque of Anne Boleyn on the NRO blog. norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2025/04/30/t...

To celebrate all things floral for #ChelseaFlowerShow we have these pressed flowers inside a French exercise book from 1833. #RHSChelseaFlowerShow #Flowers

Today for #WorldBakingDay here is a late 18th - early 19th century recipe for a Lemon Pudding. It starts 'Take 8 eggs leave out y(th)e whites off them beat them w(i)th the juice of 2 lemons'. #Biscuits & #Cake #BakingDay #GBBO

3, 2, 1 and we are off, for the 70th edition of the #EurovisionSongContest from #Austria. #Eurovision2026. Here we have some early examples of Eurovision entries from Austria. Will the outfits tonight out do these?

This photograph shows the flower stall at the front of Norwich Market Place in the 1950s. How much has this view changed in the last 70 years? Love Your Local Market #LYLM2026

We love this image of a miller outside Tacolneston Postmill by G. Colman Green, drawn during the great storm on 2 February 1910. He walked 22 miles to draw this as it was said the windmill would not last much longer #WindmillDay

📖 Gaywood Library - Saturday 16 May - ‘Research your family or house history – for FREE’. 🕰️ Talks 10:30am and 1pm followed by 1-1 computer sessions. Talks and sessions are free - booking is essential. 🔎 For more information and to book a place go to: tinyurl.com/hallmarkseve...

What a weekend celebrating Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday. This relaxed picture shows DA with Philip Wayre whilst visiting Norfolk Wildlife Park in Witchingham, in the 1980s. #Attenboroughat100 #Attenborough

This certificate was awarded to the Gaywood Park Girl's School by the British Red Cross and the Order of St John for their efforts making hospital supplies during the Second World War. #WorldRedCrossDay

We love this design for Easter egg packaging for Yorkie Easter eggs back in 1983, so it seems only appropriate to share this on National Packaging Design Day in the USA. #NationalPackagingDesignDay

🔍 ‘Research your family or house history – for FREE’ is at Downham Market Library this Saturday. A short talk at 1.30pm followed by bookable 1-1 computer sessions. 📖 A booklet of links to free online archives is provided to all participants. Book your place here: downham.eventbrite.co.uk

Welcome to the #DarkSide …. You may have thought that #Tatooine was the birth place of #DarthVader but Sebastian Shaw one of the actors who depicted the #SithLord in this universe was born 29 May 1905 in #Holt #MayThe4th #starwarsday #maytheforcebewithyou #maythe4thbewithyou

Long before #Scrapbooking was a thing, our favourite Hilda #Zigomala was creating her beautiful journals. #NationalScrapbookDay

Last Royals of the Punjab: The Duleep Singhs by Peter Bance is our next talk on Wed 6 May. The event was fully booked, but we have made some extra tickets available ONLINE so you can join us there. Reserve your free space today! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-royal... #peterbance #theduleepsinghs

This map shows the route of the Norfolk Marathon in a souvenir programme from the 1980s. The route shows Kelling Hospital, Blickling Hall and Aylsham Market Place, amongst other landmarks. #londonmarathon #norfolkmarathon

Today is #StGeorgesDay. These plans are for alterations to the George and Dragon public house in the Haymarket, Norwich in 1955. Do you remember visiting the pub? Housed in what is now a McDonalds on Hay Hill. #norwichpubs #stgeorge #stgeorgesday

As part of our 'The Changing Landscape' school workshop, we look at coastal erosion in Norfolk. This photo is of Eccles church, where the ancient tower stood on the beach until it fell in 1895. Here is a blog post about the church norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2020/01/11/t... #EarthDay

Today is #NationalTeaDay and here is little John Zigomala aged 5 having a tea party for his toys from 1901. From the journals of his mother, Hilda Zigomala. #teaparty

Part 2 of my archival reflections from my placement at @norfolkro.bsky.social

Look back at the conservation of the letters and notebooks of Dr Richard Bright, the Father of Nephrology youtu.be/68d5e6DHmqI?... #Archive30 #ArchiveConservation

#onthisday in 1912 the Titanic sank in the North Atlanic ocean. Norfolk born crew member Frank Winnold Prentice was a survivor, born and baptised in Downham Market. Read more about his amazing story - www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-surv... #titanic #titanicsurvivor

Find our toolkit, guidance and advice for #CommunityArchives on our website www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3088... #Archives30

Ahead of the Grand National later today, here is a wonderful page from the journals of Hilda ZIgomala, when she attended Derby Week in 1901. Her journal includes a paddock ticket and a grand stand ticket. #grandnational #hildazigomala #derby #horseracing

Join us on Tues Apr 21 10am to experience Behind the Scenes at the Norfolk Record Office. Find out how the conservators repair documents, venture into one of our strongrooms and see a display of original documents. Book here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the... #NorfolkHistory #NorfolkArchives

Today is #WorldHeathDay. Jessie Hayward was a nurse who trained at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from 1906 - 1909, and she features in this Reading from the Archives film where her own diary tells us about her ship being torpedoed during the First World War. youtu.be/XrQqIa2q5UM?...

A highly decorative card from the archive for this Easter Sunday. #happyeaster #eastersunday #eastercard

The bunny has long been associated with Easter, and here is a fantastic map showing lots of them! This is part of a larger map showing the Methwold Warren and dates from 1699. How many rabbits can you spot? #easterbunny #rabbitwarren #methwoldwarren

Will you be enjoying some chocolate eggs today? These were some of the egg-citing options available from the Mackintosh Easter catalogue in 1966. Do you remember eggs like these? (NRO, BR 266/324). #easter #easterchocolate #chocolatearchives

Thank you to all who came to Reuben Harvey's talk on Mousehold Heath Aerodrome last week. We had lots of interest in the topic and some great questions. We're pleased to let you know that Reuben's talk is now available on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/9GnvYqxd1L0 #mouseholdheathaerodrome #mousehold

We've added more dates to our 'Research your family or house history - for FREE' tour. If we've not been already, the Hall Marks project will be coming to a library near you soon to help set you off on the right track for your family or house history journey. Booking essential - buff.ly/2ejYOJ8

A short account of a practical joke played by fighter and bomb squadron pilots from the USAAF collection for this #AprilFoolsDay. #worldwartwo #usaaf

My first blog post in a series of three sharing some of my research from @norfolkro.bsky.social. This is about friendship and intimacy between women in the 1920s - from Great Yarmouth to Paris!

Our fantastic volunteers were cleaning this map this morning from 1912 depicting the proposed berth for vessels at the junction of the Bure and Breydon water. #NorfolkHistory #GreatYarmouth #Volunteers

To mark #BritishSummerTime & the 🕰️ going forward by 1 hr we have some pics of the Gurney Clock that was commissioned in 1974 to mark 200 yrs of Gurney's Bank. The clock stood for for many years in Chapel Field Gardens before being moved into Castle Mall in 1998 and into storage in 2015.

If you've always wanted to know more about your ancestry or the history of your house - why wait any longer? There are still a few places left on our 'Research your family or house history - for FREE' event at Attleborough Library this Saturday 28 March. Details and links on image.

Today we celebrated 10 years of our Repackaging group, formerly the #SealSockSewingBee with our fantastic volunteers. We have come together over the last 10 years to help to preserve Norfolk's archives. #NorfolkHistory #Archives #ArchiveCake #Volunteers

We had a great turn out for Reuben's talk on Mousehold Aerodrome today. Thank you to all who came in person or attended online. Reuben spoke about his great-grandparents, and here is the link to their story - www.itv.com/news/anglia/... #pow #norfolkpow

We have been enjoying the enchanting #SmallProphets and coincidentally found this letter in the All Hallows of Ditchingham collection. The letter is to Sister Violet from C S Lewis. #WorldPoetryDay

🌼 It's the first day of spring! Which spring flowers are you looking forward to seeing? We love this seasonal image from the journals of Hilda Zigomala. #spring #springequinox #springflowers #daffodils #hildazigomala

Our talk next week, Exploring the landscape of Mousehold Heath Aerodrome by Reuben Harvey, is fully booked in person, but the great news is you can still join us online. Head to Eventbrite to book your space - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-... #historytalks #mouseholdaerodrome

Next stop Attleborough! Hall Marks is bringing our event 'Research your family or house history - for FREE' to Attleborough Library on Sat 28 March. Short talks followed by 121 sessions on library computers (starting 10:30am and 1pm). Sessions are free, booking is essential. Go to: buff.ly/nfz9plj

This St Patrick's day we are sharing this lovely watercolour from the journals of Hilda Zigomala, showing a moment of reflection in #Kilkenny. #StPatricksDay #StPatrick

This is a blast from our past? do you remember when the Norfolk Record Office took up residence in Gildengate House at Anglia Square? After the library fire and before the Archive Centre. This is what it looks like now during the #demolition of #AngliaSquare

From a collection of the Smith and Chamberlin families of Wells-next-the-Sea we have this group photograph of a 'Tea party for mother's day' dated 1916. #HappyMothersDay #TeaParty