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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.

Oak Street bomb damage

Nostalgia

Reader response: Your memories of wartime Norwich and St Stephens

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opening ceremony of the James Stuart garden

The man behind Norwich's 'secret garden'

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St Stephens, Norwich, before road widening. c1968. Photograph courtesy Jack Roberts Archive

Nostalgia

In pictures: The history and changing face of St Stephens

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The Sir Garnet Wolseley pub overlooking Norwich Market stalls with St Peter Mancroft church in the b

When did Norwich have a night time curfew?

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Picture of the Evening News Golden Years concert for Children in Need at The Talk in Norwich in 2007

Remember these rock'n'roll fundraisers at a beloved Norwich nightclub?

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A proud day when the much-loved Ruth Hardy became the third Lady Lord Mayor of Norwich in 1950.

Who was Norwich's wartime 'guardian angel'?

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S&P directors in the 1890s

The Norwich brewery that had 1,250 pubs!

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Trunk call operators at work in Norwich back in 1957.

Nostalgia

Shared lines and telephone kiosks: Life before smartphones in Norfolk

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Michael and Sylvia Porter raised more than £122,000 for Norfolk Deaf Childrens' Society. Mrs Porter

Did you know Norwich had its own Christmas postmark?

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George Fisher

Remembering one of Norwich's most influential Victorian entrepreneurs

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