An introduction to Great Yarmouth Collections

A lunch time talk on the 2nd December at the Time and Tide Museum by curator Jo O’Donaghue
Times: 11:30 – 12:30
Price: £2.40 for talk only (includes entrance to current temporary exhibition on day of attendance) Talks are included in museum admission price: Adult £4.80, Conc. £4.10, Young Person (4-16) £3.50  Click here for more information or call on 01493 743930

Further talks in this season are:
9th December, a talk on Ingham Priory by Tim Pestell, Curator of Archaeology, NMAS
16th December, a talk on The Jetty with the Norwich School of Artists, by Janice Bell, Great Yarmouth Museums

Norfolk Wildlife Trust events in Great Yarmouth

100 million years in Norfolk - a Norfolk Wildlife Trust talk at Great Yarmouth Library on Wednesday 23 November (Northgate Room, 2-3.30pm), looking at the prehistory  of the region now called Norfolk and how through examining fossil and archaeological records we can discover what our landscape looked like and what wildlife inhabited the county, also about where fossil evidence has been found in Norfolk and how humans eventually came to live here.  The talk is free, no need to book. 

Further events this Autumn Season are:
Wednesday 7th December, 10.00-14.00 hrs – a minibus trip in search of grey seals, involving a bracing walk along sand dunes in search of these charismatic animals.  Location, Great Yarmouth Library, free event but booking essential, tel 01603 598333
Friday 16th December, 10.00-16.00 hrs – Beginner’s Guide to Wildlife Photography.  Location, The Priory Centre, free event but booking essential, tel 01493 743023.

A new season of events for 2012 will be advertised in the New Year.  Norfolk Wildlife Trust is running this project in Great Yarmouth (also similar in Norwich, Thetford and Kings Lynn) to encourage people living in an urban environment to get involved with wildlife.  To find out more click here.

Norfolk Wildlife Trust runs a free information service.  If you have any wildlife queries, tel 01603 598 333 or email mailto:wild@norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk

A talk on nuclear testing

St. Nicholas Church Preservation Trust will be presenting a talk on nuclear testing in the 1950′s, delivered by somebody who was there – Revd. John  Walden, a re tired  Church of England minister, who was serving in the  British Combined Forces in 1957 when he was sent to a remote part of Australia to participate in a series of nuclear tests.  He received an overdoes of radiation at the time and later became a founding member of the East of England British Nuclear Tests Veteran Association. 

Revd. John Walden will be giving his talk at 7.30 pm on Friday 11th November 2011 at the Furzedown Hotel, North Drive, Yarmouth.  Tickets are £10 (includes sausages and mash) and can be bought in advance from Brahams, Market Row or by phoning Paul Davies on 01493 343647.

50th anniversary festival

On the night of the 24th June 1942, St. Nicholas Church was destroyed by German incendiary bombs, leaving only its walls and towers standing. It was left derelict until 1957 when re-construction began.  This was completed in 1961.  The church was re-consecrated on 8th May 1961, being the Eve of the Feast of the Translation of St. Nicholas.  From 8th May to 16th May 2011 there will be an exhibition in the church of its destruction and reconstruction, presented by Great Yarmouth College of Further Education. 

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the re-construction of St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, the St.Nicholas Church Preservation Trust  will be holding a festival from 6th-16th May, presenting the following events at the church:

Friday, 6th May, 19.30 hrs. 1940s Music Night with Annie Slater, Roger Cooke and friends . Tickets £10, bar and raffle

Sunday 6th May, Civic Service at 11.00 a.m. followed by buffet lunch at 12.30 p.m. (pre-ordered ticket event £10, under sixteen £5) and a Musical Entertainment with the Dragon’s Stage School at 2.00 p.m.  Festal Choral Evensong will be at 3.00 p.m.

Tuesday, 10th May, 6.30 p.m. Yarmouth Quizz and answers to Treasure Hunt.  Bar and raffle. Tickets £10 includes buffet, under sixteens £5. The treasure hunt around the historic centre of Yarmouth to be done in previous week in own time, question papers available from church from 3rd May 10.00-12.00 hrs and Brahams in Market Row or tel. 01493 843647.

Thursday 12th May, 7.30 p.m. Reminiscences of the Herring Fishery and musical interludes with Ernie Childs . Bar and raffle.  Tickets £10 includes fish and chips.

Friday 13th May, 7.30 p.m. Traditional Jazz with Redbeans ‘n’ Rice. Bar and raffle. Tickets £10.

Saturday 14th May, 11.00 a.m. Tour and illustrated talk on the history of St. Nicholas Church with Paul Davies.  Tickets £3, under sixteens £1, includes coffee and cake.

Sunday 15th May, 6.30 p.m. Choral Evensong

Monday 16th May, 7.30 p.m. Concert in conjunction with Norfolk and Norwich Festival: Harry Winstanley, flute, Jonathan Wiseman, guitar, from the Royal Academy of Music.  Programme includes CPE Bach, Takemitsu, Dodgson and Bartok.  Tickets £7

Tickets for all events are available from Brahams, Market Row or tel. 01493 843647

Time and Tide Autumn/Winter Talks

A programme of Friday talks at the Time and Tide Museum, Great Yarmouth, 11.30 a.m.  Tea and coffee provided.  Admission £2.25, also provides entry to current contemporary exhibition.  Admission is free with general museum admission (adults £4.50, concession £3.80, young people £3.30) .  For more information tel. 01493 743942.

01.10.2010  Murders of Yarmouth Beach, delivered by Les Cole, NMAS

08.10.2010  Crime and Punishment in Medieval  GY, delivered by Dr. Janka Rodziewicz, UEA Postgraduate Medieval History

15.10.2010 Great Exhibitions inside T&T’s temporary programme, delivered by Alison Hall, Exhibitions Co-ordinator, Time and Tide, NMAS

22.10.2010 Boars, Bulls and Norfolk’s Celtic Menagerie, delivered by Dr. John Davies, Head Curator, NMAS

29.10.2010 Postcards of Yarmouth Seafront, delivered by Peter Jones, Collector, Great Yarmouth

05.11.2010 The History of Roman Roads in the Landscape, delivered by James Albone, Planning Archaeologist, Norfolk Environment Service

12.11.2010  Great Yarmouth Community Garden Project, delivered by Caroline Fernandez, Community Project Worker, GY Library

19.11.2010 Hello Sailor: fashion, costume and textiles of the sea, delivered by Ruth Battersby Tooke, Curator, Costume and Textiles, NMAS

26.11.2010 Olive Edis, Photographer of Fishermen and Kings, delivered by Alistair Murphy, Curator, Cromer Museum, NMAS

03.12.2010 The History of Witney Blanket, delivered by James Everitt, Museum Development Worker, NMAS

10.12.2010 Pleasure Gardens, delivered by Colin Tooke, Local Historian and Author

14.01.2011 Textile Tales of the Notorious and the Capricious, delivered by Lisa Little, Curatorial Asst. Carrow House, NMAS

21.01.2011 Curious Creatures, delivered by Dr. Tony Irwin, Senior Curator, Natural History, NMAS

28.01.2011 History of the Tolhouse, delivered by Les Cole,  Great Yarmouth Museums

04.02.2011 Norfolk’s Seventh Sense? Art, Spirit and Ancient Places, delivered by Trevor Ashwin, Artist and Archaeologist

11.02.2011 The Projected Picture – from Magic Lantern to 3D Cinema, delivered by Peter Stibbons, Poppyland Publishing

18.02.2011 1913 – That was the Year that Was, delivered by Janice Bell, Great Yarmouth Museums

25.02.2011 Flights of Fancy – Space in the Temple, Space in the Airport, delivered by Jonathan Tooke, Events Coordinator, GY Museums

04.03.2011 Recent Finds in Norfolk, delivered by Adrian Marsden, Finds Officer, Norfolk Landscape Archaeology

11.03.2011 Crinoline to Crape: The Story of Silks, delivered by Cathy Terry, Curator, Social History, Strangers Hall, NMAS

18.03.2011 How to Dig up a Tyrannosaurus Rex, delivered by Dr. David Waterhouse, Curator, Natural History, NMAS

25.03.2011 A Tram Ride to Gorleston, delivered by Colin Tooke, Local Historian and Author

The Archaeology of Great Yarmouth

The Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society is presenting a study day at the Priory Centre on the 14th November, 2009, 10.00-17.00 hrs.  The day’s schedule includes the following talks:

The Great Yarmouth Borehole Project by Ken Hamilton (Norfolk Landscape Archaeology)

The Coat of Arms of Great Yarmouth by Ron Fiske (Norfolk Heraldry Society)

Regeneration by Stephen Earl, MBE (Conservation Officer, GYBC)

What Geology Reveals …….. by Dr. Peter Hoare

Flegg’s Archaeology and the Historic Environment Record by Dr. Andrew Rogerson (Norfolk Landscape Archaeology

The Herring Fishing Industry at Great Yarmouth by Dr. Mary Fewster

Tickets  are £6 adult, £5 concessions, free for under 18s, and are available at the door or from Margaret Gooch, click here to email.

Norfolk Nelson Museum Activities

Welcome to Alice Mouncer, the new curator at the Norfolk Nelson Museum at 26 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, who will be looking after the museum whilst Hannah is on maternity leave.

Did you know that the Nelson Museum offers  monthly Thursday afternoon talks on Great Yarmouth past and present, entrance £2 only, including  refreshments?  The next talk is on the 6th August, and will be by Maurice Joel on the Yarmouth Rows.  For a full list of talks, summer holiday activities for families, information about the current exhibition “The Nelson Touch: Inspirational Leadership” and lots more, click here

Your Ocean

This is a touring exhibition from the National Maritime Museum which will be running at the Time and Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth from 18th July to 27th September, 2009, 10.00 to 16.00 hrs. daily.  Normal museum admission.  

For more information about this and other events (talks, theatre, workshops, carol singing and lots more!)  go to the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service website here.