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I can't help with a camcorder to play these on, and if no one else has anything to offer then you could give Keiron at Video Impact in Loddon a ring. If he has the ability to transfer 8mm videos then I think it would be about £5 per tape http://www.videoimpactuk.com/video-transfers Carol

Good to see you both again last night - shame about the limited beer choice, but great company as always! Enjoy the rest of your holiday! Carol

Another couple of images from the 1965 edition of Blake's Norfolk Broads boating brochure. This was what to expect from a modern motor cruiser ... I love this one ... such style! Presumably photographed at Fowler's boatyard at Oulton Broad? Carol

Steward & Patteson advert from the 1964 edition of the Broads Book

Howard, you're a very naughty boy! Slapped wrist when I see you next week! It is a great photo and was from the 1965 Blake's boating brochure. The photo was obviously taken in 1964 as the fire which destroyed the thatch occurred in March 1965. Excuse the plug, but there is a photo of that fire (and the story of the Luftwaffe bombing raid which destroyed the earlier building) in an old Broadland Memories blog post here: http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/blog/2010/10/the-ferry-inn-horning-an-eventful-history/ Carol

Morning all! I've edited and uploaded another nice bit of cine footage of the Broads this week. This is another offering from the Vardy Family collection and dates from 1978. The group hired two boats between them - Saraline from Porter & Haylett and Royal Standard from Royall's boatyard. Mostly shot on the southern rivers, there is also some footage of the trip into Norwich and of the city itself. Quite a long section of sailing action too before the group head south. For anyone interested, I've also uploaded a collection of over 60 photographs of the Broads c1925/26 this week too http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/1900to1949gallery23.html#bm1920s_nov2015 Next week's job is to transcribe and upload an original 1964 holiday log of a trip on the cruiser "Mandarin" which was hired from Richardson's. It's a good read! Anyway ... here's the film ... Carol

Hi Laura As Barry said, it is the Lord Roberts at Wroxham. Hopefully Peter Waller will see this thread as he has what are possibly the last photographs of Sundog in the late 70s/early 80s I believe. She ended her days at Geldeston, hauled out onto dry land with an owner who had presumably intended to restore her. She was in a sorry state and the restoration didn't happen. I've been told that she was burnt. Very sad as she was a magnificent looking craft. As I sad ... hopefully Peter will be along and post his photos and give you a bit more info. Carol

I think that's just Facebook in general! I'm not much of a fan. It just became a necessary evil. I meant that the elevator looked very similar to ice houses, not that it necessarily could have been one. I'm sure that an elevator could have been useful for many purposes, possibly coal if it was indeed a coal merchant. There certainly appear to have been timber ice houses though. This is attributed as being the ice house at Surlingham, although if it is then it must be an earlier version as I have another scan of a glass negative (sadly I don't have permission to share it) which shows a much more elaborate, fully thatched ice house with an extremely sturdy looking elevator. The one below though was a fairly ramshackle looking affair!

I can't comment on the accuracy of the historic information - just passing on what was said about the image on there. It's not a view that I've come across before and it's wonderful to see! The elevator was very much like those seen on the ice houses and you would think possibly related to loading and unloading from wherries. It would be good to find out more about it. The postcard could definitely be later than 1900 but could equally be an older photograph. I certainly have examples of postcards which were postmarked in the 20s/30s but were using photographs taken by John Payne Jennings in the 1880s. These things seemed to be recycled for years! Carol

You may also like this - a wander round Lowestoft Harbour, Oulton Broad and Lake Lothing in 1964 ... it's been strangely stretched, but an interesting watch none the less.

Another old view of Oulton Broad - I believe this is c1898

That's a coincidence! I came across a non colourised version of this photograph on the Oulton Broad & Village History Facebook page last night. https://www.facebook.com/groups/464701787022393/ According to the info on there, this was the premises of Everitt & Son who were coal and seed importers, and coal & coke merchants. This image is pre1900 when there was a major fire where the granaries, oilcake store, mill house, elevator and engine house were destroyed. Fabulous old postcards as always Peter. Carol

Many thanks Liz! Thorpe it is

Ah ... I hadn't thought about Thorpe. I think you might be on to something! I presume you are thinking that the 1920s photo would have been taken from just downstream and looking up towards the Commissioners Cut? I have been trying to find possibilities for the buildings you can see. I think the image below might show a match with the circled building. The modern view is the best I can get of the rear which would have been seen from the river. On streetview that location (roadside rather than river) is here, which would be about right if the photo was taken from that point. https://goo.gl/maps/6Hg4qqNS2J32

I'm working on a new batch photographs of the Broads which were taken in the mid 1920s at the moment. As always with images of this age, some locations are easily identifiable whilst others are somewhat more tricky as the riverside changed quite dramatically over the years in some places. I have two photographs which were taken at the location seen below. I've been studying these for days to try to work out where it was taken and I think I've convinced myself it is Brundall Riverside ... but is it? The bend in the river and the fact that the houses in the background are set on a hill must narrow the choice of location down. I think I can see the Yare pub there and some of the houses look right to me having had a wander through Brundall via Streetview ... but what do others think? The second picture is a higher res closeup on the background.The riverside area of Brundall was very much undeveloped back then, as the aerial picture I've included below which was taken around the same time shows.

I've uploaded a slightly better quality version of this film now - unfortunately I couldn't just replace the original so the old link above no longer works as that version has been deleted. I can't edit my original post on here so thought I'd better update with the new link. If you have a reasonable Broadband connection then select to view in HD in the settings on YouTube (gear wheel at the bottom right of the screen), if not then it should hopefully look a little better now in lower resolution.

Another new cine film was uploaded to the Broadland Memories YouTube Channel yesterday. The latest offering is 15 minutes footage of a family holiday on the Norfolk Broads in 1979. Two boats were hired together by the family - Gulf Steam 5 and Gulf Stream 6 from Southgates boatyard at Horning. The film starts with their departure from home - the car registration suggests that they may have come from the Warrington area. There is a brief stop at some very 60s looking motorway services en route! Once on the Broads, the family head to Yarmouth and cross Breydon Water visiting St Olaves, Oulton Broad, Beccles and Reedham Ferry before heading back to the northern rivers. I think I have finally sussed the best format to upload videos to Youtube now, so will be re-uploading the recent York Rose 1968 film over the weekend as I wasn't happy with the reduction in quality on that one. Right ... back to cleaning up 1920s photos ...... Carol

Sadly, it seems it wasn't Lulu. The search continues. Bumping this up .... please keep a look out if you are in the area.

Thanks Peter - another excellent old postcard. May I take a copy please and add it to the website when I'm next updating the postcards section of BM? Carol

Reading the Love The Norfolk Broads Facebook group this lunchtime, there have been two sightings of a dog matching Lulu's description seen running at Fleet Dyke, South Walsham. Various search groups are heading that way ..... fingers crossed for the poor family. Keep your eyes out for her if you are in the area. Carol

The collection I have would be deemed private, as would many local history society collections I guess, but I'd like to hope that what I have will eventually become part of a public collection. I should add - my will also provisions for the digital side of what my do in that my computers, external hard drives etc. will all go to someone (at the moment, that is my very dearest friend who also happens to be a bit of a PC whizz) with the know how to retrieve the website and digital archives and hopefully ensure that the BM archive will remain online as it is (when I pop my clogs!) even if it isn't added to after that. I've no guarantee that this will all happen of course, but I have tried to do my best to ensue this remains available for the public after I'm gone. I'm not 50 yet (next year!) so hopefully I have a good few years of Broadland Memories in me yet! There are so many people out there doing their bit for our social history up and down the UK. It is great to see so many local history groups gathering archives from their town's and villages and making them available online. Sadly, I don;t know that local council's have the resources to make much of their own archives available for the public to view in the same way. We do have the wonderful Picture Norfolk county council run website, but even that only scratches the surface of the thousands of photos they have within their collection. It seems increasingly down to individuals and groups these days.

Wonderful image - thanks Peter. I've not seen a picture of the original Somerleyton swing bridge before. As for a repository for old Broadland photos ... well I do what I can. That was why I set up Broadland Memories in the first place, because there was so many fabulous and historically important old photographs out there that really need to be brought together. The same with people's personal memories of the area, and now old films of course too. I've been truly humbled by some of the collections that I have been given access to and allowed to put online. I scan everything I get, whether it will eventually make it online or not, and keep higher resolution copies of photographs where possible too in my archives. I can always find something of interest in what some might consider to be the most ordinary old holiday snap! It's all an important record of Broadland's past and needs to be preserved and preferably available for the public the see. I try to put as much as I can out online. I've actually even made provision in my will for the collection I have amassed of old photos, ephemera, books, films etc, that they are given to an appropriate archive when I'm gone ... be that the county council archives or whatever is deemed to be the best place. Sadly, many collections of old photographs lie in personal archives, the owners of which probably have no intention of making available to the public via digital sources. Collections of old photographs regularly crop up on auction websites .... sadly, they have probably come from house clearance and there is no background information about where or who the photos came from. I call them orphaned photos. I bid, and am successful at times, but there is a strong collectors market for pre 1930s photos of the area and they can fetch silly money. The really sad thing is that I know they will just be squirrelled away by collectors who (perhaps) don;t want to see their investment devalued by putting them out online, and they will probably never see the light of day again. Such a shame. I've been a bit more fortunate in bidding recently and have bought two quite large collections of photos from the 1920s and 1950s for Broadland Memories and also a small set of pre 1900 photos of Broadland. The latter were put online last week and, coincidently, contain a photo of the original Reedham swing bridge - the twin to Somerleyton! http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/pre1900gallerypage3.html#bm1898_oct2015 The 1920s and 1950s collections are being worked on and will hopefully appear over the winter months. Large collections take a lot longer to sort out and research! Not to mention the fact I have a number of cine films to edit and get online too. I am making a start on working my way through these things again now. Carol

One of the many wonderful photographs of the Broads taken by Peter Henry Emerson. There are some more interesting old photos and postcards of Buckenham Ferry in a blog post I did about the ferry last year ... follow the link at the bottom of that page for further updates to the story too. I need to get a further update done as I received and email only this week from someone who sent me news cuttings about a very tragic incident there in the 1920s. http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/blog/2014/02/crossing-the-yare-buckenham-ferry/ Carol

Hi Eric Both my mum and mum-in-law have had cataract ops in both eyes. It really is a very straightforward operation these days - as with any surgery there are always risks (you will be advised of these) but complications are rare I believe. As has been said, you have one eye done at a time, about three months apart. The operation lasts about 20 minutes and they say you may feel a little itching/discomfort for a few days afterwards, but both mums were fine. They had to wear a clear eye shield for the first night after the op and then eye drops three times a day for about three or four weeks I think. The mums were at the hospital for a total of about three hours ..... at least an hour or so is spent applying various eye drops and anaesthetic drops before the op. Cup of tea and a biscuit afterwards, a run through the do's and don'ts and then they were given the all clear to go home. Both were obviously nervous before the op, but both said that they really needn't have worried after the event. The improvement in sight afterwards far outweighs and apprehension you have about the op. Mother in law in particular suddenly saw colours that she hadn't seen for years! You're not allowed to drive for a few weeks after the op (I can't remember if it was four or six weeks). The only follow up afterwards was a six week check up just to make sure all was OK. Carol

Fabulous set of photographs - many thanks for sharing them Carol