Broads History and Old Photos websites

[AdnamsGirl]

Hi

A few more links of an historic nature:


I came across the Archant (EDP etc) photosales Historic Archives recently. The photos cover various areas of Norfolk & Suffolk, but if you search through the various categories there are some wonderful shots of Broadland from the past. There are also some incredible photographs of the Blitz bombing of Norwich and Great Yarmouth in the wartime. Most people are aware of the terrible Blitz on London, but Norwich and Yarmouth were on the recieving end of some devistating raids during the 1940s. Once in the galleries just click on the thumbnails for a larger view. As I mentioned, it is their photosales website, so copies of all the images are available to buy through them.

http://3276.e-printphoto.co.uk/anf/index.cfm?z=z&action=cat&c_id=75403



Whilst with Archant - the EDP run an ocassional series called "Hidden Norfolk" which has produced a few interesting articles related to Broadland over the years. Some of these are still available to view online. The Archant websites can sometimes be a little flaky, so if any of the links below don't load first time and produce errors, jut hit the refresh button in your browser and hopefully the pages will then load normally!

The first is about the wherry Hathor, includes an interview with her owner Peter Bowers and dates from 2005. I did post the link to this on the Lord Roberts thread, but felt it relevant to place it on this thread too:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/HiddenNo ... Hathor.asp

"Broads Flotilla" from 2004 is a fascinating feature about Broadland role during WW2:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/HiddenNorfolk/asp/2004/05/040529NorfolkBroadsFlotilla.asp
And there was a follow up article on this which includes people personal memories of wartime on the Broads:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/HiddenNorfolk/asp/2004/06/040619Flotilla2.asp

Also from 2004 and sticking with the WW2 theme is an article on the Blitz:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/HiddenNorfolk/asp/2004/10/041002Blitz.asp

From 2003 is "Making The Cut" which tells the history of Haddiscoe New Cut. This one runs over two pages:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/HiddenNorfolk/asp/2003/01/Cut1.asp

"On the road to the past" features a little history about Thorpe St.Andrew and is another two page article:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/HiddenNorfolk/asp/2002/12/021207Thorpe1.asp

And "Safe view from the hill" is about How Hill:
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/HiddenNorfolk/asp/2002/07/020706HowHill1.asp


There are lots of interesting articles on Norfolk within the main Hidden Norfolk directory .... just click on the drop down menu to scroll through the list.
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/Hidden/


Carol

[AdnamsGirl]

Another interesting series of articles in the EDP was entitled "A Place In History" and, amongst them, are a few relating to Broadland landmarks:

The first is about the many bridges on the Wensum in Norwich:
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/PlaceinHistory/content/26NorwichBridges.aspx

There is another about the history of Cow Tower on the Wensum:
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/PlaceinHistory/content/05CowTower.aspx

One about the history of St. Benets Abbey:
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/PlaceinHistory/content/29StBenetsAbbey.aspx

This one is about Yarmouth's Row houses:
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/PlaceinHistory/content/44YarmouthRowHouse.aspx

And the final one for now is about the Wherryman's Way:
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/PlaceinHistory/content/80WherrymansWay.aspx



Carol

[plesbit]

Wow, enough information there to form the basis of a PhD methinks! Just a note to say that some of the links generated ASP errors but some (if you tried two or three times) eventually loaded a page. One or two, however, appear to be missing an "includes" and fail to load (i.e. where the server assembles a page using chunks of code taken from different source files).

Code: Select all

Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0126'

Include file not found

/content/HiddenNorfolk/asp/2003/01/Cut1.asp, line 20

The include file '/include/admentor2.asp' was not found.

It may be a temporary thing but if there's still a problem in a few days time probably worth dropping an email to Archant.

[Palmtree]

Hi,

AdnamsGirl, thanks for all the good info.

Re the wartime boat crews on the Broads I had found this, bit on the boats (third page of text) about Jack Powles Navy.

http://www.themarlpit.com/themagazine/d ... 202005.pdf

Hope the link works.

Ian

[AdnamsGirl]

Hi

Thanks for the link Ian ... another bit of useful information to add to my notes!

Simon ... I do find Archant's websites seem to be a bit flaky at times! I tried all the links above again and most of them seemed to work OK first time. Where they didn't, I just hit refresh and they then loaded normally. I will edit my above post to make a note of it there - thank you for mentioning it.

Carol

[AdnamsGirl]

Hi

Another website to add to the list!

This is for the Brundall Local History Group and there are some wonderful old pictures within the galleries on their site. I have just bought a copy of the book for a friend and it looks fascinating.

http://www.brundallarchive.co.uk/index.html


Carol

[AdnamsGirl]

For anyone interested in the history of the North Walsham & Dilham Canal, there are a few pages relating to it's history, the current Canal Trust and the working parties who are helping to clear and maintain what remains of the canal, on the East Anglian Waterways Association website. The link below takes you to the NW&D Canal "Then & Now" page which has some fabulous old photos on it along with the history of that stretch of waterway.

http://www.eawa.co.uk/walsham-2.html


Carol

[Labrador]

Fascinating pages Carol, such a shame the whole canal could not be completly restored.

[AdnamsGirl]

It would be great ... but I don't think it is ever likely to happen! The idea of restoring the canal to open it up to river traffic has been mooted several times over the last 40 years or so ... along with the navigation to Bungay from Geldeston. It's just not economically viable to do though.

The canal trust are doing great works to try and clear debris, trees and general undergrowth etc. and it would be great if it was at least accessible to those in canoes or rowing boats (if they can get the permission of land owners to allow quiet recreational use that is!). The canal has been de-watered for a section above Bacton Wood though.

I created a Google map last year which traces the canal from Wayford Bridge right up to Antingham ..... if you view it in sattelite and then zoom in to follow the course, you can see the outline of the original channel and it is amazing just how wide it used to be!! You can also see the section which has no water in it .... I left a gap there.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106169224726842169133.000450550db8bc8a9a4db&ll=52.802554,1.442986&spn=0.15484,0.285988&z=12


Carol

[AdnamsGirl]

Hi

There are several links which I posted in the past which no longer work .... either the URL's have changed, or the websites no longer appear to exist. As I can't go back in and edit those posts I'll update those changes in this post.

On page 1 of this thread - I'm not quite sure what is happening with the Francis Frith website at the moment as it doesn't seem to be functioning properly. I suspect it's an issue at their end and hopfully it will get sorted!

"Whiteswan" the Stalham website seems to have sadly disappeared. I have tried to find the site on and off over the last six months but it seems to have gone for good.

The "Old Norfolk" website also seems to have vanished!


On page 2 - The Eastern Daily Press revamped their website last year .... in the process they took down all of the "Hidden Norfolk" series of articles which haven't been replaced. It's a real shame as there were some fascinating bits of Broadland history amongst them.

They did keep the "Place In History" section however, but the website address for all the pages I listed have changed. You can find the main dirsctory for that series of articles here: http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/norfolk-life/place-in-history/ .... just scroll down the column on the right of the page to find the relevant articles!


I think that is all of the corrections!



Carol

[AdnamsGirl]

A few new ones to add to the list!

The BBC have a section of their website called "WW2 People's War" which gathers together people's recollections of the second world war in Britain. It has contributions from all over the UK but below is the link to the Norfolk section. In amongst them are some fascinating memories related to Broadland if you search through the pages.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1143/


"Postcards Of The Norfolk Broads" gathers together one man's collection of old postcards together with some interesting notes on the boats and history featured in those images:
http://site.postcardsfromthenorfolkbroads.net/Home_Page.php


The "Barton Turf History Project" aims to gather together old photos and history of the Barton Turf area as well as providing external links to other online info about Barton Turf:
http://www.barton-turf.co.uk/


I did post the link to the British Pathe website elsewhere on the forum but feel it's worth including on this thread too. Thousands of old newsreels featuring various counties, towns, subjects, sporting events, motor shows and famous people etc. etc. .... hours of endless fun can be spent using the search facility! The link below should take you to those related to the Norfolk Broads:
http://www.britishpathe.com/results.php?search=norfolk+broads




Carol

[jill_R]

hi carol

i love these

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=74307

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=1057

thanks for posting the pathe link

jill