Another one of the humous sketches by Frederick Samuel Andrews for #InternationalChessDay. This one showing 'Queen takes Rook'.

Today is #InternationalChessDay. We love some of these humous sketches by Frederick Samuel Andrews. This one depicts the chess move 'Bishop takes Pawn'.

☀️ School holiday activities 🪁 Coded Kites, 13 August 2-3.30pm 🌸 Flower Power, 19 August 2-3.30pm 📍 Green Room, Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre 🎫 Free, donations welcome, booking required norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-july-...

Just 7 tickets left for the talk by Felicity Goodall for Norwich History Festival, Seeking Mea Allan - Fleet Street's Forgotten Pioneer next Wednesday 22 July at NRO. www.ticketsource.com/norwichhisto...

Enjoy the tennis finals today! This late 19thc photo of a lawn tennis match In Heacham from the Rolfe family papers #Wimbledon #Sport #NorfolkHistory

🏘️ The Rows of Great Yamouth 📅 Wednesday 9 Sept at 1pm 📍 Green Room, the Archive Centre and online 🎫 Free, booking required norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-july-...

⚽️ Reminiscence Session: Talking Sport 📅 Friday 4 Sept at 10am 📍 Green Room, The Archive Centre 🎫 Free, booking required www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reminiscen...

78 yrs ago today our wonderful #NHS was born. This NHS registration card was issued on that day to Adelaide Cole of Rackheath. #otd #NorfolkHistory

On the 250th birthday of the USA find out more about the situation in the colonies only 2 years before independence: norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2019/07/04/p... #independenceday

In 1774 imports to New York from Great Britain included arms and gunpowder, as well as malt liquors and cheese. #independanceday

'The state of the colonies in North America, 1774' lists the forts and places of strength within New York, stating 'New York, the metropolis, is protected by a fort and a range of batteries at the entrance of East River'. #independanceday

With the USA celebrating its 250th birthday we look at the state of the colonies in 1774. This book asks questions including the rivers and depth of water, goods exported and imported and the forts. Did the writers realised that 2 years later America would gain its independence. #independanceday

Seeking Mea Allan - Fleet Street's Forgotten Pioneer by Felicity Goodall at Norfolk Record Office on 22 July at 1pm as part of the Norwich History Festival. Book tickets via the NHF website or scan the QR code www.ticketsource.com/norwichhisto...

📣 Happy Social Media Day! Social media helps us bring Norfolk’s history to life—opening up our collections and sharing them with you. #SocialMediaDay #NorfolkHistory #Archives #Heritage #worldsocialmediaday #socialmediaday #socialmedia #wsmd

Earlier this week we visited #KettsHeights in Norwich with our fabulous volunteers. Many thanks to Friends of Kett's Heights for the tour. What a fantastic view at the end of the tour. You can find out more www.kettsheights.co.uk #NorwichHistory #KettsRebellion #NorfolkHistory

Crowned #otd 1509 at Westminster Abbey #HenryVIII We find his image on Royal Charters and Letters Patent @wabbey

Find out how you can ‘Research your house or family history – for FREE!’ at Great Yarmouth Library this Saturday, 20 June. Morning (10:30am) and afternoon sessions (1pm): a short talk, a booklet of resources and 1-1 computer sessions. All free, booking essential.https://gyarmouth.eventbrite.co.uk

Harriet Martineau 19th century writer, philosopher and abolitionist was descended from Huguenots fleeing religious persecution in France. #RefugeeWeek2026 #RefugeeWeek #Courage #NorfolkHistory @refugeeweek

We are going to begin celebrating #RefugeeWeek2026 with this 16th C Book of Orders, regulating the life & business of the Dutch & Walloon Strangers in Norwich. They were invited to make cloth in Norwich following religious persecution in their homeland. #RefugeeWeek #NorfolkHistory @refugeeweekUK

Cadent will be carrying out investigation works and urgent gas repairs outside County Hall from 16 June. This will mean lane closures will be put in place on Monday evening in both directions on Martineau Lane and Bracondale. This will effect visitors to the Record Office from Tuesday onwards.

Love it or hate it the #Worldcup kicks off today. Here is the start of another match, before 1934, with Russell J Colman kicking off at The Nest for #NCFC. #football #NorfolkHistory

We're delighted to share that King's Lynn's 14th century Red Register has been added to UNESCO's UK Memory of the World register. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our Repackaging Group found this great building Control Plan from 1958 when the #Burtons was built at 11 Gentlemans Walk. Did you ever shop there? #NorfolkHistory #Archives #VolunteersWeek #ArchivalFInd

This image of an arctic expedition by Samuel Gurney Cresswell shows the conditions in the arctic in the 1830s-50s, and may be useful in showing climate change today. #worldenvironmentday

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