The Unknown Hand: The Story of Sheringham’s Poison-Pen Letters

(Dorothy Myrtle Thurburn at the time of the trials) Sheringham, Norfolk, in the early 1920s. A quiet town, with an interesting and diverse population consisting of fishermen, tradesmen and ordinary folk on one side, and a fair sprinkling of the well-to-do on the other. Into this mix came Dorothy Myrtle Thurburn, a young lady in

HSHAZ CULTURAL PROGRAMME: Three dimensional shop signs

Through 2022-23, Time and Tide Museum took part in the Great Yarmouth High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) Cultural Programme. Five youth groups worked alongside five artists to create five spectacular three-dimensional shop signs. The signs were inspired by historic trades and buildings in the Heritage Action Zone. The project included research trips in the

Heritage Space – James Stark

Heritage Space: Historic Pictures Around Cromer This James Stark painting is on display at Norwich Castle Museum Other works by James Stark that feature Cromer include… Watercolour, ‘Cromer Church’ Drawing, ‘Sailing boat off pier’ (Cromer Pier) Drawing, ‘Cromer’ Other artworks by James Stark… Painting, ‘Carrow Bridge, Norwich’ Drawing, ‘The Ferry House, Pulls Ferry, Norwich’ Painting,

Heritage Space – Postcards

Heritage Space: Historic Pictures Around Cromer The images featured on this panel were chosen by the Cromer Artspace. Here is some further information about a few of the 28 postcards featured on this panel… Cromer Fishermen (c. 1900) Cromer fishermen including Jimmy ‘Buttons’ Harrison (on the left in the foreground) pose for a photograph by

Heritage Space – Fun and Games

Heritage Space: Historic Pictures Around Cromer The images featured on this panel were chosen by children from year 5 at Cromer Junior School and they have been inspired to contribute these pictures and words.….. Thank you to year 5 teachers Richard Player and Olivia Charman for your support. Writing to go with Cromer Pier Picture

Heritage Space – Paintings and Prints

Heritage Space: Historic Pictures Around Cromer The images featured on this panel were chosen by children from year 5 at Cromer Junior School and they have been inspired to create their own artworks.….. Thank you to year 5 teachers Richard Player and Olivia Charman for your support. Some of the artworks the children chose featured

Heritage Space – Beside the Seaside

Heritage Space: Historic Pictures Around Cromer The images featured on this panel were chosen by About with Friends and they have been inspired to contribute these pictures and words.….. By Charlotte, People walking around in Cromer doing their own things. The goats are on the hill eating food, they have their own space to roam

Heritage Space – Shops and Trades

Heritage Space: Historic Pictures Around Cromer The images featured on this panel were chosen by About with Friends and they have been inspired to contribute these pictures and words.….. “About with Friends shop. In the shop we sell and buy things like candles, decorations…” A mind map imagining lots of things you could buy in

Heritage Space – Olive Edis, Portraits

Heritage Space: Historic Pictures Around Cromer The images featured on this panel were chosen by young people and this interpretation was created by Act One, a drama group for 13-17 year olds based at Sheringham Little Theatre. They created freeze frame scenes in response to the Olive Edis portraits. Ernest Shackleton, explorer “There’s plenty that

Heritage Space – Anna Gurney

Heritage Space: Historic Pictures Around Cromer This panel was developed in collaboration with Queer Norfolk Anna Gurney: Norfolk’s Disabled, Lesbian, Geologist Beau Brannick, Museum Trainee, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery & David Waterhouse, Senior Curator of Natural History and Geology Anna Gurney (1795-1857) was an English scholar, geologist and philanthropist who lived in Cromer. As