Events

James Bagge will be sketching out his family’s illustrious history based at the beautiful Stradsett Hall in Norfolk in our final True’s Talk this autumn. True’s Talks are free but places are limited. Please call 01553 770479 or email outreach@truesyard.co.uk to book a place.

In our 7th True’s Talk, Tony Kirby will be enthralling us with a history of the origins of the traditional sea side holiday, how and why these became popular and then declined. Tony will be including his latest research findings in this presentation. True’s Talks are free but places are limited. Please call 01553 770479…

Dr. Michael Gilbert will be presenting the 6th talk in our latest series of True’s Talks at the museum this autumn. His talk will present a stimulating account of the to-ings and fro-ings of the merchants in the Wash during the 17th century, illuminating the nature of maritime trade at this time as well as…

Following our intriguing exhibition at True’s Yard charting the introduction of fish and chips into our national psyche as the familiar and favourite slap up meal it is today, Jeff Hoyle, local columnist and historian, will be presenting a synopsis of the research undertaken to put the exhibition together. Jeff will look at the origins…

  Dr. Julian Litten will be presenting his insights into the life of Chauncey Hare Townshend (1798-1868). A former student at Eton and Cambridge (B.A. 1821; M.A. 1824), he took holy orders but was not long active in the ministry. Townshend was a colourful character who was not only an amateur painter and musician but…

This talk by Dr. John Alban (Honorary Associate Professor, School of History and Art History, UEA) will deal with English – and, in particular, Norfolk – involvement in a late fourteenth-century military campaign in the Low Countries which is almost unheard of in the United Kingdom. That it remains largely unknown to a British audience…