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 Tale of education act resisters
Few people today have heard of the passive resisters, but a century ago they were daily news.
The widespread rise in passive resistance by non-conformists to the Tory government in 1902 was in direct response to the passing of Balfour's Education Act.
09 May 2008
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A history of walking on water
Two fans of the great British tradition of taking a stroll over the waves are historian Chris Mawson and photographer Richard Riding. They’ve just produced the gloriously nostalgic book British Seaside Piers, which highlights many of the country’s best loved piers, including the two in Great Yarmouth and Cromer.
08 May 2008
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 City Hall - part of our skyline for 70 years
Norwich's City Hall celebrates its 70th birthday this year. Today it's a grand and iconic building - an essential part of the city skyline and a fitting symbol of a proud and historic community.
06 May 2008
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 Clowning around led to bridge tragedy
What a spectacle it promised to be… a clown had announced he was to sit in a tub as it was pulled along the river at Great Yarmouth by four geese.
02 May 2008
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 Anniversary oddity is not a half baked tale
A couple who celebrated their 50th anniversary on a golden jubilee break with Grand UK Holidays in the Lake District had their original wedding cake made in the old Co-op Bakery at Norwich - the holiday firm's head office!
30 April 2008
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 Chuffed to see you again, me old cobber
It was the best reunion so far for the former railway workers… and the guest of honour was a grand old chuffer from Down Under.
28 April 2008
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 A fitting tribute to workers killed in city bombing raids
A memorial honouring workers at a world famous Norwich factory who were killed during the second world war at home and abroad is finally being put on display in the city.
23 April 2008
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 Party celebrates golden age of railways
Former Norwich train driver Dick Mulliner is making a special appearance at a rail workers reunion this week…quite an achievement considering he lives on the other side of the world and is now 87.
22 April 2008
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 The brides who set out for a new life overseas
Their eyes met across a crowded dance floor - this was where the grim reality of life at war was forgotten and where dreams came true. Outside, parts of the city were in ruins, shop counters were almost empty, many people had lost their lives, many more their homes.
18 April 2008
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 The day fire destroyed cathedral's organ
The famous five sat and listened as the magnificent organ at Norwich cathedral burst into life. Seventy years ago they were there when it burst into flames.
16 April 2008
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 Revealed: The It’s a Knockout saboteur
After 35 years, the man who sabotaged the It's a Knockout competition between the leading Norwich companies can be unmasked - it was none other than John Andrews.
15 April 2008
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 A City great with an Ipswich link
Heard the one about the legendary Canary who played his last game helping to beat arch-rivals Ipswich Town and then ended up running a city centre pub name after the Suffolk town?
It's true.
11 April 2008
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 A couple dedicated to helping out others
Normally Derrick and Pauline Waters, along with the rest of their family, wouldn't hit the headlines. They read the Evening News rather than appear in it.
10 April 2008
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 Mighty Atom celebrates 90 years
It was a party to remember - former speedway riders gathered in Norwich to help the "Mighty Atom" Len Read celebrate his 90th birthday.
10 April 2008
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 Silver screen magic recalled in our ‘theatre of dreams'
It was on this day way back in 1910 that the “wild west” arrived in the “wild east”, the place that became known as “The Ranch House” opened in Norwich.
09 April 2008
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 Craftsmen recall life at technical college
It was the college that had almost been forgotten… until you made sure that it wasn't.
When plans were announced recently to expand and re-develop the City College in Norwich there was plenty of talk about its future but not so much about its history.
08 April 2008
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 Norfolk man who was so proud to serve the people
He was the son of a blacksmith who rose to become a working class hero and a man devoted to his beloved Norfolk. Now, more than 40 years after his death, a special exhibition looking at the extraordinary life and times of Edwin Gooch has opened in Wymondham.
02 April 2008
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 20 steps to win a prize
He was a crafty old boy that Ted Snelling. And I thought that his picture puzzles up and down the Norwich steps would fox most of you - and they almost did.
28 March 2008
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 Breathing new life into an historic city street
At last the people are finally moving back into one of the most historic streets in Norwich, which had the heart ripped out of it. Bold and boisterous Ber Street was a tough community where the people looked after one another.
27 March 2008
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 The day the ‘big blow’ hit the city
Petrified people ran for cover. Some thought it was the end of the world as the wind started to roar, ancient trees were tossed into the air like leaves, walls tumbled, and buildings crumbled…this was the day of the “big blow”.
24 March 2008
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Historic postcards raise cash
Old postcards you have sent me this month have raised another £80 for the Norfolk Deaf Children's Society…bringing the grand total to £12,589.21p.
21 March 2008
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