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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details A Dictionary Of Cromer & Overstrand History by Christopher Pipe
£14.95 ISBN: 978 0946148 90 5
Local author Christopher Pipe has used his years of experience as both a librarian, indexer and editor to compile a comprehensive new book covering the history of this popular Norfolk seaside town. With a range of source material from the earliest written records for the village of Shipden in 1086, through a period of great loss of land to the sea and a name change to Cromer, he brings the story up to the 21st century.

With nearly 150 illustrations - photographs, drawings and maps, many not seen in print before - he has written a book that will intrigue any who find enjoyment in local history and particularly for those who explore the towns and villages of north east Norfolk.
(paperback 255 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details A Dictionary Of Cromer & Overstrand History (Hardback) by Christopher Pipe
£19.95 ISBN: 978 0 9486148 89 9
Local author Christopher Pipe has used his years of experience as both a librarian, indexer and editor to compile a comprehensive new book covering the history of this popular Norfolk seaside town. With a range of source material from the earliest written records for the village of Shipden in 1086, through a period of great loss of land to the sea and a name change to Cromer, he brings the story up to the 21st century.

With nearly 150 illustrations - photographs, drawings and maps, many not seen in print before - he has written a book that will intrigue any who find enjoyment in local history and particularly for those who explore the towns and villages of north east Norfolk.
(hardback 255 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details A Quiet Woman‘s War by William Etherington
£5.95 ISBN: 1 874739 24 2
This is the story of Elsie Bell, a gifted, artistic young teacher from Norfolk who married Georges, a Belgian soldier she met during a First World War air-raid and who, twenty years later, found herself caught up in the Nazi occupation of Brussels. She and her family chose the dangerous course of unarmed resistance, joining the clandestine ‘Comet’ network which secured the escape of more than 700 RAF and Allied aircrew. But they paid a heavy price – Georges with his life. Betrayed, brutally interrogated by the SS and sentenced to death, Elsie and her daughter survived the nightmare of a succession of German prisons and concentration camps, before their dramatic release from Mauthausen in the final days of the war.

Told largely through Elsie’s own restrained, personal account, and vividly supplemented by her daughter and son, the special quality of this story derives from the character of Elsie. She saw her war as a simple act of duty, but as no more than an episode that could be gratefully put behind her as she and her children began to re-weave the undramatic tapestry of their quiet lives.
(paperback 133 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Around Wymondham In World War Two by Philip Yaxley
£8.99 ISBN: 9781904136316
Local historian Philip Yaxley describes Wymondham during WW2.
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Celtic Fire And Roman Rule by Bruce Robinson & Tony Gregory
£8.95 ISBN: 0 946148 62 7
The second edition of Celtic Fire and Roman Rule is now available. Brought up to date by Chief Curator of the Norfolk Museums and Archaeological Service John Davies, it carries the story of Norfolk forward from about 500BC to the breakdown of Roman Rule circa 410AD. And what years those 1000 years were! There was great technical advancement and some of the most complex and eventful moments in Norfolk‘s long history. This is regarded as the standard introduction to Celtic and Roman times in Norfolk.
(paperback 104 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Changing Agriculture In Georgian And Victorian Norfolk by Susanna Wade Martins
£8.95 ISBN: 0 946148 58 9
The Norfolk Dialect looks first at the linguistic history of the county, and at the many different languages which have been spoken there, to see what influences may have contributed to the distinctive nature of the dialect.

It then examines the dialect of Norfolk in the context of the English dialects of Great Britain, illustrates the links with Suffolk and demonstrates the division at the Fens. One of author Peter Trudgill&lsquos key points is to show that the Norfolk dialect is a form of the English language with a fascinating history and a unique structure that is worthy of respect and maintenance, not of ridicule and discrimination. Peter Trudgill is Professor of English Linguistics at Fribourg University, and is President of FOND (Friends of the Norfolk Dialect).
(paperback 112 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Cod Pieces by Chris Sugden and Sid Kipper
£7.95 ISBN: 1 874739 19 6
Cod Pieces is an amazing collection of stories from one tiny village. The lynch-pin of the book is Sid Kipper, who performs many of the pieces, and from whom the majority of them have been collected. One person. One village. But a breadth of style, period and character that will delight and amuse in equal and sizeable amounts.
(paperback 211 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Crab Wars by Chris Sugden and Sid Kipper
£7.95 ISBN: 1 874739 12 9
When the towns of Cromer and Sheringham fell out over the crabs what followed was a distinctly uncivil war. There was sabotage and spying, heroic acts and cowardly chapters, fought out in the old-fashioned crab boats which (to be fair to the crabs) went sideways. Buckles were swashed, bodices were ripped, derring-do was done, and all of this was commented on by the mysterious figure of the narrator.

What’s more, it was personal: it was personal for Cromeo and Sheriet, two young lovers so thoroughly parted by the hatred between their towns; for Elsie Primrose, who was no better than she ought to be; for Mrs Taylor, who traded very decently in extortion; for Blake Vincent, thrust into the job of Town Crier just as his voice was breaking; for Doctor Flawd, a man who never let the symptoms get in the way of a good diagnosis; for the Market Forces, a gang of persuasive young men who demanded much and supplied little.

All these characters, and many more, were caught up in a turmoil of events which seemed as if they would never be resolved.
(paperback 237 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Curiosities Of Norfolk : A Guide To The Unusual by Josie C Briggs
£9.99 ISBN: 1 904136 04 4
An illustrated guide to the follies, unusual buildings, objects, natural features and street furniture around Norfolk.
(paperback 136 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Deserted Villages In Norfolk by Alan Davison
£8.95 ISBN: 0 946148 51 1
Changing Agriculture in Georgian and Victorian Norfolk takes the period from the begining of the 18th century up to the beginning of the First World War and looks at how Norfolk developed as an agricultural county. What made Norfolk such a centre of development? Was it the availability of labour, with little option but to work the land? Was it innovative landowners? How significant was the development of machinery made possible by the Industrial Revolution?

Susanna Wade Martins draws on traditional sources and new evidence to examine this great period of change in Norfolk‘s story.
(paperback 92 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Exploring The Norfolk Village by Christopher Barringer
£12.95 ISBN: 0946148 71 6
Exploring the Norfolk Village is the latest title in our Norfolk Origins series. It takes a selection of villages across the county of Norfolk, from Terrington in the west to Hickling in the east, from the southern border of Breckland to the exposed coastlands, to explain some of the ways in which we can understand the development of Norfolk‘s villages. In focusing on particular villages, each one represents a different area of the county, and every other village will share common features with at least one of those featured in the book.

The use of current and historical maps, the investigation of documents in local libraries or the Norfolk Record Office, the techniques of field walking or of more formal archaeological digging, are all illustrated in the pages of the book. Everyone with the slightest history in developing their understanding of their community, its history and its geography, will find this book the very best of starting places.
(paperback 160 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Exploring The Norfolk Village (DVD) by Poppyland Productions
£12.95 ISBN: DVD006
Christopher Barringer contributed Exploring the Norfolk Village to the Norfolk Origins series of books, and now personally introduces the villages in the book on this DVD. Whether you$lsquo;re looking for an introduction to the book or want to explore the villages further through specially recorded video or aerial photography, the DVD is an ideal companion. He also visits the Norfolk Record Office to introduce the viewer to using the centre and illustrate some of the source material used in his researches.

Exploring the Norfolk Village takes 14 villages across the county, representing different types of settlement and different regions of Norfolk, to introduce approaches to the local study of our settlements. To see the villages specifically featured, go to Activity 4 of the Support and Resources section (see button on left) which goes with the Exploring the Norfolk Village book.
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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Farming On A Battle Ground by Lucilla Reeve
£9.95 ISBN: 0 900616 60 1
The story of Lucilla Reeve who became known, amongst other things, for her ability to water divine and regular articles for the “Eastern Daily Press” and “Farmers Weekly”. Prior to the Second World War she worked as a Land Agent in Breckland, during the farming recession when one of the farms could not be let she took the bold step to run the farm herself. Against all the odds and prejudices she made the farm successful only to have it snatched from her by the army with the promise of it being returned after the war - it never was.
(paperback 112 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Great Yarmouth & Gorleston : Then And Now by Len Vincent
£7.99 ISBN: 1 904136 26 5
In this pictorial tour or Great Yarmouth and Gorleston it is hoped the scenes, represented in this book, capture the aura of yesterday as well as providing a snap shot of the town as it appears today, which stresses the importance of sympathetic planning to leave a heritage that others may enjoy in the years ahead.
(paperback 108 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Great Yarmouth - History, Herrings, Holidays (DVD) by Poppyland Productions
£12.95 ISBN: DVD005
Great Yarmouth - History, Herrings, Holidays on DVD or video Great Yarmouth is a harbour and town with a fascinating history. In medieval times it was the great base for trade across the North Sea to Europe - and was the largest herring fishing port in the world. Its tourist industry flourished from the early 19th century.

This video tells Yarmouth‘s story from Roman times through to the present day - with historic film, animated graphics and the comments of experts on the town‘s history. An added bonus is the singing of Sam Larner, a Yarmouth fisherman from 1892. Bryonie Pritchard provides the commentary and Robbie Nash the musical accompaniment.

The DVD carries a bonus section with a set of aerial pictures of Great Yarmouth, taken during filming for the production.
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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Great Yarmouth At War by Colin Tooke and David Scarles
£8.95 ISBN: 0 946148 41 4
Great Yarmouth was very much in the front line during the Second World War, and this book recalls the air raids, the work at the naval base, the coastal defences - with many of the photographs published for the first time.
(paperback 71 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Gressenhall Farm And Workhouse by Stephen Pope
£10.95 ISBN: 0 946148 74 0
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - A history of the buildings and the people who lived and worked there. This new title, launched at the Norfolk History Fair on 29th May 2006 at Gressenhall, tells the story of the ‘house of industry’ and the workhouse from its establishment in 1774 to the present day, when it is now the Museum of Norfolk Life.

Author Stephen Pope both works at Gressenhall as Visitor Services Assistant and devotes much time to investigating the archives of the museum, knowledge which has been condensed into this book. It will be a major resource for teacher, researchers, specialists and family historians, whether they have a specific interest in Gressenhall or a wider interest in workhouses and social conditions in the 19th and early 20th century.
(paperback 108 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Henry Blogg Of Cromer The Greatest Of The Lifeboatmen by Cyril Jolly
£11.95 ISBN: 0 946148 59 7
One of the bravest men who lived‘ is how Henry Blogg, coxswain of the Cromer lifeboat for 38 years, was described by Viscount Templewood, President of the Cromer branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Henry Blogg joined the Cromer lifeboat in 1894 at the age of 18. At 26 he was second cox and at 33 became cox. He retired in 1947, at the age of 71. During his 53 years‘ service the Cromer boats were out 387 times and saved 873 lives. No other lifeboatman has ever won as many medals as Henry Blogg.

Author Cyril Jolly, 1910-1994, gives an impressive portrait of Blogg and his deeds in this title, first published in 1958. The first edition was reprinted three times; this new edition includes extra photographs, some in colour, to further illustrate this epic story of rescue at sea.
(paperback 230 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Holt And District A Portrait In Old Picture Postcards by Rhoda Bunn
£6.50 ISBN: 1 870708 38 7
A nostalgic tour of the historic town of Holt and its surrounding villages, illustrated by old and rare picture postcards published during the early years of the last century.
(paperback 72 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details In And Around Norwich : Then And Now by Philip Standley
£7.99 ISBN: 1 904136 09 5
A glimpse of Norwich and the surrounding area as it was in the last quarter / first quarter of the 19th and 20th centuries - and as it is today.
Photography by Terry Burchell
(paperback 112 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Larn Yarself Norfolk by Keith Skipper
£5.99 ISBN: 0 947630 13 9
A comprehensive guide to the Norfolk dialect. Illustrated by Ken Walton.
(paperback 95 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Looking Back At Norfolk Cricket by Philip Yaxley
£8.99 ISBN: 0 947630 16 3
This book is lavishly illustrated with many previously unpublished pictures. It reflects the game in the county from the early 1700‘s to modern times by highlighting famous feats, matches teams and personalities. The sport is considered at all levels from playin fields and village grounds to the county ground at Lakenham. To all cricket lovers - and many more besides - this book will be a delight.
(paperback 96 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Melton Constable, Briston And District by Rhoda Bunn
£7.99 ISBN: 1 904136 13 3
A nostalgic tour of Melton Constable, Briston, Hindolvestone and surrounding villages, illustrated by old and rare picture postcards.
(paperback 112 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details More Letters From The Boy John (CD) by Sidney Grapes
£9.99 ISBN: 978 1 874739 46 3
This audio CD features the More Letters from The Boy John by Kieth Skipper with Sheilah Olley as Aunt Agatha and introduction by Adrian Bell.

1. How Granfar Had The Flu
2. ‘Wote Early, An Git It Over’
3. The Boy Johns Pakcake Day
4. Granfar Puts His Foot In It
5. Weeding ‘Em Out At The Doctors
6. Granfar Goes Hoeing
7. Granfar At The Show
8. Aunt Agathas Party
9. After Harvest
10. Mrs - Moves Out
11. Aunt Agatha Has Visitors
12. Christmas At Home
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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details More Norfolk Connections by Keith Skipper
£7.95 ISBN: 0 946148 49 X
Following the success of our title The Norfolk Connection, and with many new names suggested by readers of the first title, broadcaster and columnist Keith Skipper contributes a further range of biographies from across the county.
(paperback 65 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Nasty Norfolk by Trevor Heaton
£6.99 ISBN: 0 9551153 1 0
Nasty Norfolk is more fun history (with the smelly bits!) from the author of NASTY NORWICH. From horrible highwaymen to vicious Victorians, wicked witches to rotten rioters it’s full of fun facts for everyone from 10 to 110. Read on… if you dare!
(paperback 173 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Nasty Norfolk Scary Stories & Ghastly Ghosts by Trevor Heaton
£6.99 ISBN: 978 0 9551153 3 2
SCARY STORIES AND GHASTLY GHOSTS is the latest book from the author of the popular Nasty Norwich and Nasty Norfolk. From devil dogs to scary spirits, here’s tons of tales from Norfolk’s creepiest corners! Plus more history with the smelly bits too…
(paperback 141 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Nasty Norwich by Trevor Heaton
£6.99 ISBN: 978 0 9551153 2 5
NASTY NORWICH tells the gory story of a fine city, from the Stone Age to the Second World War. Find out: Why the dreadful Danes were really hot stuff, Norwich Castle’s nastiest stories, the explosive tale of the ‘Great Blowe’ disaster, and the monks’ pongiest secret. It’s all here (and lots more) in NASTY NORWICH … read it if you dare!
(paperback 172 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Nelson ‘I Am Myself A Norfolk Man’ by Charles Lewis
£13.95 ISBN: 0 946148 72 4
Nelson - I am myself a Norfolk man was a special publication for the year which marked the bicentenary of Nelson‘s greatest victory at Trafalgar and his death in the battle. It is now the ideal publication for both the explorer of Norfolk who would like to visit the many places associated with the national hero, and all those with a general interest in his life and times.

Author Charles Lewis concentrates specifically on his Norfolk life - as a child in Burnham, as a schoolboy in Norwich and North Walsham, his years as a captain waiting for a ship, and his time in Great Yarmouth - returning from the battle of the Nile and embarking for the battle of Copenhagen. In addition to the many links with the life of Nelson, you‘ll find a wide range of connections in the county which you can still visit - from the Horatia memorial at Trunch to the Invincible grave at Happisburgh. With 92 pictures, 50 of them in colour, this is a valuable addition to the range of Nelson titles.
(paperback 160 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Norfolk Maritime Heroes & Legends by Mark Nicholls
£13.95 ISBN: 978 0 946148 85 1
A great new book about the seamen who are such a part of Norfolk‘s story. Nelson was the inspiration for the book, though he isn‘t featured in it. But there are twenty-six chapters from Admiral Christopher Myngs to today‘s Commodore Steve Burgoine, recalling the enormously rich story of Norfolk and the sea.

Andrew Lambert, Professor of Naval History says of the book, “Even in this most maritime of nations there is something special about Norfolk. A county bordered by the sea to the north, west and east, the coastline stretches from King‘s Lynn ... to Great Yarmouth..... Mark Nicholls has brought these men back to life.”
(paperback 175 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Norfolk Post Offices : Then And Now by Barrie King
£8.99 ISBN: 978 904136 30 9
Illustrated by using old and rare picture postcards which were published during the early years of the last century, you will see some of the changes that have taken place over the years to Norfolk post offices in towns and villages. How they are now and how they were then. The majority of cards shown are form the author‘s private collection.
(paperback 111 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details North Norfolk The Heritage Coast by John Worrall
£14.99 ISBN: 1 904136 20 6
The Heritage Coast - from Weybourne in the east to Holme-next-the Sea in the west, occasionally dipping south of coast road to add a little perspective. Take a look at the pages and then take a slow wander along this northern edge.
(hardback 96 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Norwich : Then And Now by Philip Standley
£7.99 ISBN: 1 904136 01 X
A glimpse of Norwich as it was in the last quarter / first quarter of the 19th and 20th centuries - and as it is today.
(paperback 108 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Norwich : Then And Now A Third Selection by Philip Standley And Sarah Storey
£7.99 ISBN: 1 904136 11 7
Following on from ‘Norwich - Then and Now‘ and ‘In and Around Norwich - Then and Now‘ this book provides a further glimpse of Norwich as it was at the turn of the 20th century and compares the changes that have taken place.
(paperback 112 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Norwich A Portrait In Old Picture Postcards by Philip Standley
£7.99 ISBN: 1 870708 09 1
A nostalgic tour of Norwich and surrounding villages, illustrated by old and rare picture postcards.
(paperback 120 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Norwich At Peace by Joan Banger
£10.95 ISBN: 0 946148 65 1
Norwich at Peace is the follow up of Norwich At War by Joan Banger. This title steps back a little further than its predecessor, to before the Second World War. It opens as the Great War ends, and the people of Norwich look forward to a better future – sometimes to be rewarded, sometimes to be disappointed.
(paperback 93 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Norwich At War by Joan Banger
£10.95 ISBN: 0 946148 61 9
Norwich at War is a new edition of this title, covering the war years in the city of Norwich. Sixty years on from the Baedeker raids of 1942, this Third Edition includes extra photos and colour illustrations. Joan Banger‘s unique collection of information and photographs remind us of those dramatic days.
(paperback 111 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Norwich Stories Of A City by Pamela Brooks
£9.99 ISBN: 0 9544461 0 0
The most easterly city in Britain has a fascinating past that echoes today in ancient buildings and household names such as Colman and Start-rite. Have you ever wondered what the connection was between chocolate and crackers? Do you know what caused naked blue men to work in the city‘s cellars, or why the whole of Norwich as once excommunicated? And what‘s Death Knelly and how did she beat Lord Haw-Haw?

Local author Pamela Brooks answers all these questions and more in this outstanding collection of thirty stories, which include fire and flood, murder and mystery, riot and rebellion, sporting superstars, Delis Smith, Stephen Fry and the stories behind the city’s street names. It‘s a must- read for anyone who knows and loves Norwich.
(paperback 220 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Out With The Tide by Sheila Woods
£4.95 ISBN: 0 946148 42 2
Those Seaside Days This story begins at Liverpool Street station, with the hiss of steam and a train to the coast at Cromer. Jean Gross records the story of her childhood in the 1940s, and captures the flavour of East Anglia holidays..
(paperback 55 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Outposts Of The Roman Empire by David Gurney
£3.50 ISBN: 0 9540676 1 4
The Roman walls of Burgh Castle are imposing and dramatic, standing guard silently over the swirling tides of Breydon Water and the flat windswept marshes beyond. Here, nearly two thousand years after the fort was built, it is possible to imagine some of the thoughts and feeling of a Roman soldier on sentry duty, his eyes scanning the distant horizon for pirates and barbarian raiders. At Caister-on-Sea we can walk through the rooms of the only accessible Roman building in East Anglia, and wonder what life was like inside the fort walls. At Brancaster we can enjoy the beauty and wilderness of the north Norfolk coast, unchanged in many respects since Roman times. This booklet explains why these forts were built, presents the evidence of archaeological excavations and finds, and describes the remains that can still be seen and explored today.
(paperback 45 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Over A Hot Stove by Flo Wadlow
£10.95 ISBN: 978 1 874739 45 6
Flo Wadlow‘s life in full-time domestic service provides a fascinating story of a world that has disappeared. Flo started, aged 16, as a young kitchen maid in South Kensington and at the almost unheard-of age of 23 was appointed cook at Blickling Hall. Her story is told with no resentment that the lowly position of servants, such as herself, supported the privileged life-style of her employers ‘upstairs’. Flo made the most of every opportunity, and after her marriage, continued to enjoy her cooking in every capacity possible, based around the village of Heydon. Aged 95 she still has a great enthusiasm for life, and in her cottage a tottering pile of encyclopaedias, dictionaries and thesauri are ready at hand. Flo is an amazing lady by any standards and her book will surely give great pleasure to all who read it.
(paperback 100 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Overstrand - Our Village (DVD) by Poppyland Productions
£12.95 ISBN: 5 060156 880081
n this DVD the village of Overstrand on the north east Norfolk coast tells its own story through the words of residents, a reconstruction of the village in 1838, expert comment and visits to some of the locations and buildings of the village. A traditional fishing and agricultural village until the end of the 19th century, the coming of the railway and many of the contemprary glitterati of London would bring about many changes. Former Anglia Television presenter and local resident Eddie Anderson links the story together.
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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Parson Woodforde - The Life & Times Of A Country Diarist by Roy Winstanley
£17.95 ISBN: 0 948903 38 4
This is the first biography of an ordinary man who wrote, for a large part of his life, a diary that has become extraordinary because of the insight it gives to domestic and social life in the last four decades of the eighteenth century. Written by Roy Winstanley, pre-eminent among Woodforde scholars, this biography examines the life and times of Parson Woodforde, setting him firmly in context, and exploring through Woodforde and his diary, with a light but scholary touch, matters relating to eighteenth century life; family relationships, friendships, education at Winchester College and Oxford, food and housekeeping, manners, medicine and servants.
(hardback 282 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Poppyland (DVD) by Poppyland Productions
£12.95 ISBN: DVD004
Poppyland is the story of theatre critic and travel writer Clement Scott arriving in north Norfolk in August, 1883, giving the area the name Poppyland and popularising it through his travel column in the Daily Telegraph. It is through his popularisation of the area that north Norfolk is as we know it today.

Actress Bryonie Pritchard, who has herself sung Scott‘s “Garden of Sleep” on stage, narrates the story, and Michael Strobel provides Scott‘s voice to bring his poems and prose to life. With music from Alistair Murphy, developed from Isidore de Lara‘s original Victorian theme, and film from Cromer, Overstrand, London and even Niagara Falls, the life of Clement Scott and ‘Maid of the Mill’ Louie Jermy can be enjoyed on screen.

The DVD menu provides the chance to hear Isidore de Laura‘s ‘Garden of Sleep’ song in its entirety.
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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Poppyland In Pictures by Elizabeth Jones
£4.95 ISBN: 0 94614866 X
Poppyland in Pictures was first published in 1983, to commemorate a hundred years from when Clement Scott, the eminent Victorian theatre critic and travel writer, first came to north Norfolk, coined the name Poppyland and wrote about the area in his columns in the Daily Telegraph. This second edition now has some illustrations in colour and new material which has come to light since the first edition.

A visit by the publishers to the library of the University of Rochester in New York State gave the opportunity to investigate the letters and correspondence Scott collected over the years. This has cast new light on his work as a writer and theatre critic, but in the context of the Poppyland story, it has also confirmed many of the stories about the famous and infamous of the late Victorian theatre world coming to the Cromer area.
(paperback 102 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Prewd And Prejudice A Norfolk Exile by Chris Sugden and Sid Kipper
£7.95 ISBN: 1 874739 03 X
When Miriam Prewd left polite London society for the depths of rural Norfolk, she was shocked at what she found. The year was 1904, but St Just-near-Trunch was only half-civilised. Plants grew unchecked, unruly birds woke her before dawn, there was not a milliner for miles and Harrods flatly refused to deliver.

Despite all these intolerable hardships, she selflessly undertook a one-year, one-woman mission to bring refinement and manners to the village. Would she succeed or would she ‘go native’ like the vicar? Would she win the hand of the dashing Doyley Silver-Darling or would she succumb to the rustic charms of three-legged Albert Kipper?

From All Idiots‘ Day to Old Soaks‘ Day, Mrs Prewd‘s diary reveals a rich tapestry of country customs. She encounters June Pole Dancing, the Pedants‘ Revolt, the Valentine‘s tradition of exchanging embroidered underwear, the Trans-Norfolk Highway and the ancient monument at Flinthenge, and much more. And she fails to understand nearly all of it.
(paperback 207 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Roads And Tracks by Bruce Robinson & Edwin J. Rose
£9.95 ISBN: 978 0946148707
Roads and Tracks is a new and greatly expanded edition of a title first published in the Norfolk Origins series in 1983. Much has moved on since then - not least the amount of dual carriageway the county now has. But research and archaeology have moved on as well, with new finds and reinterpretations of what has already been discovered.

The book looks at the development of transport by foot, horse, cariage and car across the centuries, investigates the origins of ancient highways and by-ways from Iron Age and Roman times and concludes with the arrival of the car and developments into the 21st century.
(paperback 95 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Robert Kett And The Norfolk Rising by Joseph Clayton
£9.95 ISBN: 978 1 874739 56 2
In the summer of 1549 Robert Kett and his army of Norfolk countrymen staged what was to be the last great popular revolt in southern England. Their principal discontent was the seizure of common land and the resistance of the landowners to any legal attempt to call a halt to their enclosures.

The rebellion was quashed by Government forces led by the most recalcitrant of the gentry and groups of foreign mercenaries, but for six weeks Kett and his men created an alternative form of rule on Mousehold Heath.

Vilified at his trial as a ‘felonious and malicious traitor and a public enemy‘, it was not until the early 20th century that Kett came to be rehabilitated and viewed as a champion of the rights of the common people. Joseph Clayton‘s book provided the first account that sought to justify the rebellion and to offer an heroic portrait of Kett.
(paperback 147 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details S‘Marvellous More Musical Memories by Tony Ireland
£11.99 ISBN: 1 904136 12 5
“S‘Wonderful” ended in 1989 with the author‘s retirement from teaching. At the end of last chapter he declared that another book would have to follow since so much had happened since his retirement. This sequel is the result.
(paperback 164 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details S‘Wonderful A Symphony Of Musical Memories by Tony Ireland
£9.95 ISBN: 1 904136 02 8
Readers will discover an insight into a musician‘s way of life in all its facets and find delight in sharing the author‘s joy derived from a life in music.
(paperback 225 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Seahenge A Contemporary Chronicle by Matthew Champion
£10.99 ISBN: 0 9531851 3 3
The discovery of a four thousand year old timber circle amid the sand and peat of the windswept North Norfolk coast was probably one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century; it was certainly one of the most controversial. The circle, quickly dubbed ‘Seahenge’ by the world’s media, became the focus for a long, and at times bitter, public debate that caught the imagination of all who came into contact with it.

This book chronicles the entire story; from the initial discovery, through the arguments and debates, to the final controversial excavation and reconstruction. Alongside this, ‘Seahenge – a contemporary chronicle’ also examines the archaeological evidence and modern reconstruction of the circle. What was the monument originally for and who were the people who worked long and hard to build it?

This book aims to open up the debate and, for the first time, give the public access to the evidence. In the end the only true judge is history.
(paperback 115 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details St Benet‘s Abbey by Tim Pestell
£3.50 ISBN: 978 0 9540676 2 5
This is the third site guidebook published by the Norfolk Archaeological Trust. The others are for the Roman Town at Caistor St Edmund, near Norwich, originally known as Venta Icenorum and to the Roman coastal forts at Burgh Castle, Caistor-on-Sea and Brancaster. The set of three provide insight into the archaeological heritage of Norfolk.
(paperback 44 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Birds Of Sheringham by Moss Taylor
£4.95 ISBN: 0 946148 26 0
An authoritative and detailed study of the birds found in the Sheringham area, including Weybourne, the Runtons and Felbrigg Great Wood, with illustrations by wildlife artist Bryan Bland.
(paperback 88 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Boy John Letters by Sidney Grapes
£10.95 ISBN: 978 1 874739 29 6
Sidney Grapes had already made his mark as the archetypal Norfolk comedian at local concerts and dinners long before he dropped a few lines to the Eastern Daily Press in January 1946 under his pen-name ‘The Boy John’. This was the start of a twelve-year correspondence during which time 88 ‘Boy John’ letters were published. Written in Norfolk dialect, these were the work of a countryman who wrote as he spoke and spelt as he pleased, and their cast list quickly became household names: Boy John, Granfar, Aunt Agatha and the cantankerous Oul Mrs W—.

This new collection underlines the abiding attraction of the Boy John Letters. For all that they may be rooted in time and in the Norfolk countryside, they retain genuine charm: they are wholly unpretentious, gently amusing, and admirably self-effacing; above all they were written by a man who knew intimately the lives of the people he wrote about for he lived all his life among them.

Broadcaster, writer and entertainer, Keith Skipper was founder–Chairman of FOND – Friends of Norfolk Dialect. His passionate commitment to Norfolk’s cause has been underlined by his appointment as Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk.
(paperback 113 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Boy John Letters (CD) by Sidney Grapes
£9.99 ISBN: 1 874739 30 7
This audio CD features the Boy John Letter stories read by Kieth Skipper with Sheilah Olley as Aunt Agatha and introduction by Adrian Bell.

1. A Rum Christmas
2. Shrove Tuesday
3. Old Mrs. W- Comes A Cropper
4. Aunt Agatha Goes To Norwich
5. The Parish Council
6. Aunt Agatha At The Doctor‘s
7. Mrs. W- Looks After The Hens
8. A Wet Summer
9. Granfar At The Fete
10. The Harvest Frolic
11. Mrs. W- And Guy Fawkes
12. The Goose Goes Uncooked
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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Broads In Print by David Clarke
£10.95 ISBN: 978 0 900616 86 0
The Broads in Print is intended to be an accurate listing of the major books and pamphlets published about the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads up to 1920. Each chapter briefly describes their format and content, with the majority illustrated in colour or within the text. Its publication comes nearly ninety years after the last real attempt to compile a listing, that being done by the then City Librarian, Geo A Stephen.
(paperback 111 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Country Houses Of Norfolk Part Two : The Lost Houses by David Clarke
£9.75 ISBN: 978 0 900616 82 2
This is the second volume of a series published with the aim of introducing Norfolk Country Houses to those interested in their Architecture, History and Families. This volume describes and illustrates nearly sixty large houses in Norfolk that have been sadly ruined or demolished within the last one hundred years.
(paperback 120 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Cromer Lifeboats (DVD) by Poppyland Productions
£12.95 ISBN: DVD000
The Cromer Lifeboats tells the story of this famous lifeboat station, its crews and its supporters over the two centuries since it was founded in 1804. Henry ‘Shrimp’ Davies recalls dramatic rescues in which he was involved. Still photographs from early years are complemented by modern footage of the ‘Ruby and Arthur Reed II’ lifeboat and the inshore lifeboat.

Recollections of convoy 559 and the English Trader, including survivor Bill Redman, are part of the story from the war years. The three gold medals and the four silver medals won by lifeboat legend Henry Blogg in fifty years of service are recalled through animation and recollection.

As bonus tracks the DVD contains the video sequences made for the audio-visual presentation viewed by visitors to the Cromer lifeboat house.
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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Norfolk Dialect by Peter Trudgill
£8.95 ISBN: 0 946148 63 5
The Norfolk Dialect looks first at the linguistic history of the county, and at the many different languages which have been spoken there, to see what influences may have contributed to the distinctive nature of the dialect.

It then examines the dialect of Norfolk in the context of the English dialects of Great Britain, illustrates the links with Suffolk and demonstrates the division at the Fens. One of author Peter Trudgill‘s key points is to show that the Norfolk dialect is a form of the English language with a fascinating history and a unique structure that is worthy of respect and maintenance, not of ridicule and discrimination. Peter Trudgill recently retired as Professor of English Linguistics at Fribourg University, and is President of FOND (Friends of the Norfolk Dialect).
(paperback 104 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Nowhere Road by Bruce Robinson
£7.99 ISBN: 0 9523379 3 2
The Peddars Way, Norfolk‘s most substantial and best preserved Roman road, has been a subject of speculation for generations. Where did it lead to? Who built it? And more particularly, why was it built? This fresh look at the old road takes the Iron Age as its starting point, discusses Boudica and the Iceni and Roman military activity in the area, and charts the road‘s 2000 years of history through to the formation of the National Trail, and beyond. Along the way it also tries to answer some of the questions, in the process coming up with new ideas and theories.
(paperback 146 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Sheringham Lifeboats (DVD) by Poppyland Productions
£12.95 ISBN: DVD012
The DVD is an hour long story of The Sheringham Lifeboats from the first rowing boat, the Augusta, launched in 1838, through to the modern high-speed lifeboat the Oddfellows. With interviews and historic pictures, remarkable film from 1930 onwards and modern video, it is the story of a town and its determination to provide an effective lifesaving service for those in peril on the sea.

The DVD has been made in response to those many people who have asked for copies of the video presentation that can be seen in the operational lifeboat house and to explain how the remarkable collection of boats and other artifacts that can now be seen in the Mo museum at Sheringham.
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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Story Of Cromer Pier by Christopher Pipe
£9.95 ISBN: 0 946148 52 X
This title records the history of Cromer Pier from its earliest mention in 1391 through to the end of the 20th century. The current pier has celebrated its birthday this year in 2001 and this book is a wonderful record in words, photographs and diagrams of one of Norfolk‘s most famous structures. With less than 50 seaside piers left around the coast of the British Isles, this is a fascinating story of the British desire to build out over the sea!
(paperback 100 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The Vikings In Norfolk by Sue Margeson
£7.50 ISBN: 0 903101 65 3
The Vikings who swept across the northern seas in sleek warships have always caught the imagination. They first came to East Anglia in 866AD, recorded by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as ‘a great heathen army’, but the evidence they left here as settlers shows that they were mostly ordinary peasant farmers and their wives. Their place-names, legal terms, and language still survive. Much-loved styles of decoration continued across the generations. The incomers were seeking land like their own back home and once settled, they carried on their lives much as before.
(paperback 44 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details The West Runton Elephant Discovery And Excavation by A. J. Stuart
£4.50 ISBN: 0 903101 64 5
This is the story of the discovery and excavation of a most spectacular fossil elephant skeleton, the oldest and largest ever to have been found in Britain.
(paperback 12 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Time And Tide by Alan Childs and Ashley Sampson
£9.95 ISBN: 1 874739 32 3
Fishing offshore is not just a job, and it probably never has been. Especially was this true of the time period in which this book is largely set, before the Norfolk fishing industry declined beyond recognition, as in so many other parts of our coast. It was a tradition, a craft, a calling even, but above all it was a way of life that affected whole families and whole communities. So it was in Sheringham.

Time and Tide tells the story of Sheringham’s fishing families during a century of dramatic change. It is a story told largely in their own words and through this new collection of evocative photographs.
(paperback 84 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Venta Icenorum by John A. Davies
£3.00 ISBN: 0 9540676 0 6
The publication of this guidebook to the Roman town of Caistor St Edmund is a significant step in the development of the site both as an educational resource and as a visitor attraction. The perfect accompaniment to exploring Venta Icenorum.
(paperback 29 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Walking The Norfolk Long Distance Trail : The Coast Path by Mike and Bruce Robinson
£4.95 ISBN: 0 946148 77 5
Bruce Robinson, now retired but previously a feature writer for the Eastern Daily Press, first walked the Norfolk Coast Path as part of the process of its establishment. Whilst today‘s Peddars Way, also part of the Norfolk Long Distance Trail, is based on an ancient trackway, the Coast Path has been be made up of a number of public routes and newly negotiated pathways to allow the full walk from Hunstanton to Cromer.

In this book Bruce writes the words to accompany the photographs taken by son Mike. Together they provide a highly personal recollection of favourite experiences and scenes on this section of the the Norfolk National Trail.
(paperback 53 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Walking The Norfolk Long Distance Trail : The Peddars Way by Mike and Bruce Robinson
£4.95 ISBN: 0 946148 76 7
Bruce Robinson, a former journalist, was walking the Peddars Way long before it became a National Trail. Sometimes, he even took his children along for a camping and walking expedition. Those early experiences obviously rubbed off on the family - son Mike has continued to walk the Way with his father.

Together they bring you their favourite scenes and reminiscences from their many years of walking, in the photographs and recollections recorded in this book. Whether you‘ve walked the trail, are thinking of making the journey - or just want to enjoy it from you armchair, this book is for you.

The Norfolk National Trail is made up of the Peddars Way and the Coast Path, and Poppyland Publishing brings you a book for each section.
(paperback 55 pages)
 


<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Wymondham - Born and Bred (DVD) by Poppyland Productions with John Nickalls Publications
£12.95 ISBN: 5 060156 880074
History and nostalgia, there‘s an hour and twenty minutes of reminiscences of Wymondham and district on this DVD. Eleven local residents who grew up in the town recall the years of the Second World War, farming and half a century of changes, schooldays, horse, churches, chapels and trade in town - and lots more.

Wymondham - Born and Bred is the personal recollections of a number of townsfolk. The DVD, divided into 10 chapters, is a selection from nearly 15 hours of recordings. Whether you‘ve lived all yor life in Wymondham, grew up there and have ‘emigrated’ or have a more general interest in East Anglia‘s history, we hope you‘ll enjoy this DVD.
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<?php echo $title; ?> View Details Wymondham A Century Remembered by Philip Yaxley
£6.50 ISBN: 0 947630 26 0
A chronicle of Wymondham‘s dramatic progess during the last 100 years. Evocative photographs, many previously unpublished, are used to highlight significant events through the decades, while others give a glimpse of life at the time.
(paperback 96 pages)
 


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