Dr Hills Casebook Aide Memoire
We are delighted to publish this Aide Memoire of research into the life and times of Dr Hills, Superintendent of Norfolk County Asylum from 1861... Read More
Session 9 – 6 September 2018
Last week our Change Minds Norwich group enjoyed a bookbinding session with Senior Conservator Nick Sellwood at Norfolk Record Office. Nick talked us though the... Read More
Courtroom Drama at Norwich Castle
Courtroom Drama Votes for Women – Suffragette on Trial Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery Saturday 22 September, 12 noon & Saturday 29 September 12 noon... Read More
Forms of insanity
by Richard Johnson Forms of Insanity[i] These are definitions used by the Commissioners in Lunacy (a government department responsible for the overseeing of mental health... Read More
NORAH Heritage Skills Workshop – 16 August 2018
On 16th August we had our first Heritage Skills Workshop run by Archivist and Author Frank Meeres from NORAH (Norfolk Archives and Heritage Development Foundation)... Read More
Session 8 – Creative workshop with Kate Munro – 9 August 2018
The group met at Norfolk Heritage Centre for the first of two creative workshops with artist Kate Munro. Kate had transferred photographs on participants chosen... Read More
19th Century Blues by Stewart Swann
Another poem written by one of our Change Minds Norwich participants following our workshop with Martin Figura. 19th century blues I come from harvest surrounded... Read More
Session 7 – Poetry workshop with Martin Figura – 27 July 2018
This week we were at the Norfolk Heritage Centre for a poetry workshop with Martin Figura. The group looked at creative writing by previous members of Change... Read More
Session 6 – 12 July 2018
The start of the Change Minds Creative Term began with a visit to the Castle Study Centre, Shirehall in Norwich. Many thanks to Ruth Battersby-Tooke,... Read More
Norfolk Record Office blog posts
Norfolk Lunatic Asylum/St Andrew’s Hospital by Victoria Draper It was not only the women admitted with post-natal conditions who made startling recoveries; many patients with diverse... Read More