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  1. 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

  2. Glad that you have all found the films of interest ... there really are some fabulous film clips on the Pathe site and not just of the Broads. Type your home town, or any subject into the search bar and you may come up with more fascinating stuff! I have wasted an entire Sunday afternoon watching some great newsreels of the swinging 60s/ carnaby street etc ! :lol: And Kev was chuffed to find a film of the Burns guitar factory at Romford from the 60s. There were also some interesting films of Jim Clarke and Graham Hill racing at Snetterton.

    Terry .... what can I say about the Windmill girls film .... very much of it's time wasn't it? :naughty:

    I also had a search for other Norfolk related films this afternoon and came across some interesting footage from 1914. I have had a copy of an old postcard of a captured WW1 German U-Boat at Great Yarmouth, but there is actually some footage of the U-Boats arriving at GY ..... it's not the greatest quality but interesting none the less:

    http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=76995

    Below is the postcard that I have.

    Carol

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  3. Hi all

    The British Pathe newsreels were a familiar fixture in cinemas during the early 20th century ... in fact they continued producing newsreels until 1970 apparently. Anyway, for those who may not know they have an online archive of historic clips and news articles which are available to view online. Amongst them are some wondeful films of the Broads from the 1930s - 1960s. Clips on sailing, motor boat racing at Oulton, news items from the 60s on Windboats and the Flat-a-Floats.... etc etc. The link below should take you to the search on "Norfolk Broads" - if it doesn't work then just type Norfolk Broads into the search box at the top of the Pathe website page. Some films are silent but many have Mr Chumley Warner style commentaries ..... all great stuff!

    http://www.britishpathe.com/results.php?search=norfolk+broads&o=0&sort=year

    In theory I should be able to embed videos on here in the same way that you can do with You Tube .... but can't fathom out how to do so on here ..... help ??

    In the meantime as an example of what they have- this is motor racing with sound at Oulton Broad in 1930:

    http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=77323

    I think this should be retitled "Mind Your Wash" .... from 1933 :o

    http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=19289

    One for Clive and Terry .... bear with this film from 1970 as it eventually gets in to Salhouse and Wroxham and there are a good few ricko's boats including at least one Broadsventure. It is supposed to have sound but is largely silent except towards the end where it seems to have been given a random interview with what sounds like Ian Paisley!

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

    And this is just a charming little time piece.... the Flat-A-Floats from 1960:

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

    Do check through what else they have as there is some fascinating stuff. And if anyone can tell me how to embed the video thumbnails on here I would be grateful! :oops:

    Carol

  4. Hi

    Spotted this on YouTube last week .... looks as though it is probably late 1960s? Some great shots of woody boats and Herbert Woods yard. I'd advise turning the sound off when viewing as the film maker has added some awful sound effects!! :o

    Carol

  5. As I mentioned earlier, I also haven't managed to do as much of this as I had hoped this year but David Holmes book has really inspired me to get out and get going again. I have a huge batch of Edwardian era postcards of the Broads which I am still working my way through to add to BM but there is a wealth of fantastic subject matter within for the Then & Now project. I really must get a batch printed out to take on my travels!

    I have to say that it is those earlier images that I am keen to try and recreate (late 1800s-1940s) as they really do show the most dramatic changes to the area. The more I look into it and think about it, the more I realise just what a difficult task it is as there are so many unknown variables involved. There have been so many film and camera formats over the years ..... there were at least three different glass plate formats that I know of before you start getting onto film! I don't really know much about the history of cameras and film but I'm sure some internet searching would provide more information. A standard 35mm lens will produce a different sense of perspective and fore-shortening of scenes on different cameras and formats ...... you get the angle just a couple of feet out and everything looks different, not to mention the height at which the original image was taken. With the old plate cameras, the photographer was often bending over to take the photograph so, at 5' 10" tall, I could be taking my comparison photo from 2 feet further up than the original! It all makes a subtle difference.

    Postcards often tend to make the best subjects to recreate but, as they were generally a standard size it means the original photograph was probably cropped to fit it so you have no idea in what format it was taken even if you could guess the focal length etc.

    David Holmes has done some superb comparison photographs but has had similar problems in capturing the exact scene - he does actually mention the problem with not physically being able to stand in the same position as the original photographer in some instances because the once quiet streets are now extremely full of traffic most of the time!

    I don't have a digital SLR and wouldn't class myself as a photographer by any means. I just tend to take multiple images on a point & shoot from several different positions at varying focal lengths and hope that one of them will turn out vaguely right!! I always photograph a larger area than the original scene so that I can then crop in to the same size as the original. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't .... sometimes I just have to say it's near enough and will do until I can try again!

    Carol

  6. For anyone interested in seeing more "Then & Now" pics of the Broads I can thoroughly recommend the new David Holmes book .... The Broads Through Time. Over 180 old and new comparison photographs with fascinating notes about each. His previous books of old photos and postcards of Broadland are sadly out of print but do crop up on Ebay every now and then and are also highly recommended.

    The current book retails at £12.99 but can be bought on Amazon for £8.44 at the moment ... although they are only showing 1 left in stock! I recieved a copy as a late Christmas pressie yesterday and it's already been well thumbed!!

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Broads-Through-Time-David-Holmes/dp/1848686420/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=IJE05HAJ4B37P&colid=2U2MNK4VGLZ3B

    Carol

  7. It remains a mystery to this day why the church is so removed from the village rather than at the heart of it

    I was going to suggest that it might have been down to the plague (black death) when many settlements around churches were abandoned and moved because villagers didn't want to be in the vicinity of the graveyards where the bodies were buried .... this happened in our village. However, having just read the history of Salhouse on the village website, it seems that this isn't thought to be the case!

    Re: Salhouse Hall - it seems that there are/were plans to redevelop it into housing. The Cator & Co website lists it amongst their projects:

    http://www.catorandco.com/cc/projects.htm

    Link to PDF of Broadland District Council notes on a planning meeting which took place in November 2007 which outlined the proposals:

    http://www.broadland.gov.uk/images/Salhouse_Hall_minutes_of_meeting.pdf

    You may have already found this, but the Norfolk Heritage Explorer has more information about the building itself:

    http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MNF8498

    Carol

  8. Hi

    I haven't been able to do as many of this as I had hoped to this year, but recently added a few more to BM. I thought that you might be interested in this one though as it shows one of the more dramatic changes around Broadland.

    This is Lower Street in Horning pictured in the 1920s , looking up towards The Swan. The shop in the background on the right of the 1920s photo was (I believe) the Horning branch of Roys. It stood where the Bure River Cottage Restaurant now is. You can also see that the row of cottages in the foreground on the right have gone, replaced by modern shops and housing. On the left, the large building in the foreground (Maltings??) has gone ... although I do wonder whether the low wall we see today was actually part of that building, or at least built using reclaimed materials from it?

    Click on the picture to see a larger version.

    Carol

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  9. Hi Jill

    I now have a pretty complete history for Dragon .... mainly from Mike Barnes at NBYCo, but with the missing pieces filled in over recent weeks. I've been away this week, but will start trying to get it all together next week and put it onto Broadland Memories as soon as possible!

    Carol

  10. Hi Jack

    You may have already found this on a Google search - The Greater Manchester County Record Office have a collection of photos which were taken by someone on holiday on the Broads in the 1920s and amongst them is a photograph taken at Jack Robinsons yard. Scroll down the page on the link below to item no: 1670/71. If you contact them then they may allow you to have a copy.

    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=124-1670&cid=72#72

    Also - have you tried contacting the Suffolk County Record Office as they are quite likely to have records and photographs relating to the Robinson yards.

    http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryandHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice/

    Carol

  11. Hi Jack

    What fabulous photos, both on here and on your Flikr pages .... thank you for sharing them! It's good to see someone taking the time to scan and preserve these wonderful, historic images.

    As regards the history of the Robinson yards - I have not had the chance to delve too deeply into the individual history of the Broadland boatyards yet .... too much general history to try and piece together and not enough spare time to be able to do it all in! I do have a few suggestions of contacts you can try which I will PM to you.

    Carol

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Barry you are quite right ... the lady is Mrs Joan Findlay and the article made mention of the fact that, even after retirement, she was hoping to keep her hand in by helping out her son at the Fishermans Return .... well spotted!

    Howard, I think that is the last of the pub pictures I have ... but I will check!

  17. Hi

    I wonder if the anyone on here might be able to identify the following two cruisers as I haven't been able too .... well at least the yards that built them anyway! They were both owned by the family that my grandparents used to go boating with and the pictures date from c1950. Apologies for the poor quality but they were still taken from my grandfathers cine film. I don't know whether they were ever used in the hire fleets or not.

    The first has the reg number B 547 (taken at St. Olaves) and the second was B 758.

    Carol

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