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Brancaster’s vital role in D-Day

Much of East Anglia was vital to the war effort, but Brancaster had a unique role.

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The unexpected marshes in the middle of Norwich

Sweet Briar Marshes, just off the Norwich ring road, has finally opened to the public.

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A Swaffham child’s World War Two passion

How a man in Swaffham turned his World War Two passion into a museum.

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The museum of 10 million adverts

Did you know Norfolk is home to the largest advertising archive in the world?

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The Reedham WWII bomber disaster

Piecing together the stories of the US airmen who were killed in the skies over Norfolk.

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The telegraph pole delivering bike

The Norfolk Motorcycle museum hosts a fascinating history of the county's motorbikes.

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The Norfolk nurse hero who was also a spy

New evidence shows celebrated nurse Edith Cavell actually was a spy during World War One.

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The English Trader: Cromer’s most famous rescue

Henry Blogg is Norfolk's most celebrated lifeboatman. This was his most famous rescue.

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Ayrton Senna - Brazil to Breckland

Why Ayrton Senna chose Norfolk as his springboard to become a three-time F1 world champ.

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Inside Grime's Graves

Going underground into Britain’s only open Neolithic flint mine, near Thetford.

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The ‘Arabian nights’ arcade

How the Royal Arcade in Norwich changed the face of the city.

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Norwich Cathedral's 'important' 550 year-old book

The library at Norwich Cathedral is full of historic books – the oldest is from 1474.

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The missing England manager

Is it possible former Norwich City boss Jimmy Jewell may once have managed England?

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The Fakenham house made of dinosaurs and straw

A ‘one of a kind’ house with unique building materials has been built in Fakenham.

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King’s Lynn Shakespeare stage discovery

Why the medieval stage in St George’s Guildhall is thought to have been used by the Bard.

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Banksy – A Spraycation Story

In the summer of 2021 street artist Banksy took a trip to Norfolk.

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1874: The Thorpe rail disaster

In 1874, the worst single line rail collision took place in Thorpe.

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The 'vile' prison telling Wymondham's past

The Wymondham Heritage Museum holds some interesting secrets about the town’s past.

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Looking east before Look East

Look East is turning 60… but what happened before it existed?

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The Norfolk woman who changed prisons forever

In the 1800s Norfolk’s Elizabeth Fry brought reform to Prisons that still endures today.

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Artefacts from WW2 massacre returned to Norfolk

A helmet recovered from a World War Two massacre is being returned to the county.

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The Carrow Road fire

It’s 40 years since a fire devastated part of Norwich City’s stadium.

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The postcard that took 100 years to arrive

From Newhaven to Norwich. How an emotional farewell shocked an entire family.

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Space Station Brancaster

Norfolk could have been the home of the British space programme.

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Sherlock Holmes' first case… in Norfolk

Norfolk was the setting for the Great Detective's very first case.

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Over 700 years of history at the Bridewell

The Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell is home to over 700 years of history.

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Snettisham’s ‘staggering’ discovery

An incredibly rare helmet was found amongst an Iron Age hoard in Snettisham.

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The Regent: Great Yarmouth’s lost cinema

The Regent Theatre in Great Yarmouth is on the ‘Theatres at Risk’ register.

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Who were the Midweek Men?

Author Paul Oxbury uncovers the history of the Midweek Men and their football matches

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The ‘grand design’ that never was

After an office clear out, plans were discovered for a rather grand Britannia Pier.

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