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Derek James

Derek James has been a journalist for 55 years. It was a privilege and an honour for him to be asked to serve as Sheriff of Norwich in 2010/11. His greatest love is writing about local people and places.

Beryl Bryden at the Jacquard Club on Magdalen Street, Norwich in 1973

Nostalgia

Remembering the dazzling career of Norwich's very own 'Queen of the Blues'

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The Regal on its opening day.

Wymondham's Regal Cinema set to reopen once more

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LKH 133 bus during her final days serving the city of Norwich at Thorpe Road in the 1960s.

Nostalgia

Vintage double-decker bus to be the star guest at city centre reunion

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Valerie Ryall has been made a life member of Norfolk Keep Fit Association.

Remembering Valerie who taught thousands of women to keep fit

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The Dodger crew gather outside the old Norvic cinema in Norwich.

Nostalgia

Pedal-powered promotions: Remembering the Dodgers of Norwich

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An action picture taken at The Nest in 1913. Norwich were playing Watford and won 3-1.

Early days of Norwich City Football Club captured in old postcards

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Workers applying caulking to joints in the sewer tunnel beneath Grapes Hill before brick lining in 1957.

The author who wanted to write a book about Norwich's first sewer

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Norwich odeon cinema pic taken 2nd june 1971

Nostalgia

A tale of two Odeons at Anglia Square

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A laugh a minute.......Peachy Mead with one of his co-stars, Sunny the tiger.

'He brought us laughter' - remembering Norfolk’s king of comedy Peachy Mead

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A plaque on Sarah Glover's former home on Pottergate, Norwich. 

Norwich music teacher who put the Sound in Music

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