Stories

Teaching and clerical work – full circle (1968-2012)

Sheila began teaching in 1968, and after living in Australia worked for the government in Norwich. When she returned to teaching in 1989 much had

Seven years a trapper – the coypu story (1982-2017)

Paul talks about his life as a coypu trapper, working on the marshes and the ten year eradication programme. He could have been the last Norfolk

Laughter brings life to the marshes (1930s-2017)

Bill lived and worked on the marshes in Norfolk all his life. He talks about all the jobs involved and the changes that took place

A boatbuilding family. Growing up on the Broads (1900s-1980s)

Rex is a member of a Norfolk Broads boatbuilding family and he spent his working life in the boatbuilding industry on the Broads. My grandfather

Swans in the kitchen (1950-2017)

John tells of life on the Norfolk marshes – wildlife, wildfowling and the characters who lived there. Life on the Marshes I moved from Cambridge

A partnership in Pattern Making (1945-1996)

Derek spent 51 years working as an engineer’s pattern maker, working for companies in Kingston and Norwich before setting up his own business, with his

The eight-year saga of Catfield Fen (2008-2016)

Tim and Geli Harris live at Catfield Hall and are in a continuing battle to preserve the unique wildlife of Catfield Fen, which has been described

Float my boat (1954-2017)

Ivor has worked in the Broads boatbuilding industry. He talks about building wooden boats and using his skills to volunteer at the Museum of the

Starting and ending with ships. The certified accountant (1940-1989)

George was Royal Navy Service Volunteer and in civvy street became a certified accountant in insurance in the Square Mile. When I first left school,

Memories of a river man (1977-2017)

After travelling the world with the Merchant Navy Tony started to work as a river inspector on the Norfolk Broads. He talks about his long

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