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  1. Who were the Midweek Men?

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

  2. Uncovering the secrets of Spinky Den

    In Shipdham there’s a home called Spinky Den which holds some special secrets.

  3. The Wherry: Norfolk's floating museum

    The Wherry is synonymous with Norfolk and is a piece of floating history.

  4. The unimpressive building with impressive past

    An unassuming building in King’s Lynn was actually ahead of its time.

  5. The unexpected marshes in the middle of Norwich

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

  6. The train bound for Cromer that ended in disaster

    In 1905 a train headed to Cromer met disaster at Witham train station.

  7. The telegraph pole delivering bike

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

  8. The tall tales of Dereham’s oldest house

    A tiny house in Dereham is now home to Bishop Bonner’s Cottage Museum.

  9. The spooky side of St Benet’s Abbey

    Deep in the Broads lies the ruins of St Benet’s Abbey, and it holds some spooky tales.

  10. The speedway roar that thawed the Cold War

    During the Cold War, speedway had an unexpected unifying effect between countries.

  11. The sign maker of Norwich

    From gold-leaf to glass framed signs you may have seen Keiran Harper-Jones’ work

  12. The Regent: Great Yarmouth’s lost cinema

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

  13. The Reedham WWII bomber disaster

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

  14. The postcard that took 100 years to arrive

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

  15. The Norfolk woman who changed prisons forever

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

  16. The Norfolk nurse hero who was also a spy

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

  17. The Norfolk museum that guards Britain’s skies.

    The RAF Air Defence Radar Museum, is home to the longest running active radar site.

  18. The museum of 10 million adverts

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

  19. The missing England manager

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

  21. The man who made Shakespeare funny

    Uncovering the untold story of Shakespeare’s joke writer… who came from King’s Lynn.

  22. The lifeboat whose first call was to Dunkirk

    A wooden lifeboat whose first call was to Dunkirk, now gives heritage tours of Wells.

  23. The hunt for the unknown photographer

    Photographs of the UEA in the 1960s turned up in a market in London. But who took them?

  24. The hidden castle near Holt

    Baconsthorpe Castle is a hidden gem in North Norfolk, and is currently being restored.

  25. The Great Escapee memento found in a cupboard

    A Gresham School swagger stick owned by a wartime escapee is found in an airing cupboard.

  26. The fossil finder of North Norfolk

    From megalodon teeth to mammoth hips, Michelle Smith has found an array of fossils.

  27. The Fakenham house made of dinosaurs and straw

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

  28. The English Trader: Cromer’s most famous rescue

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

  29. The Carrow Road fire

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

  30. The brewery in a back garden

    An award winning Norfolk beer is actually brewed in a back garden in North Wootton.

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