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Mid-Norfolk Railway reopening date confirmed

Tony Makcrow (left) and Tony Dunford working at the Mid-Norfolk Railway base in Dereham

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Members of the Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) are working hard to ensure it can reopen at the end of April.

Churchgoers have launched a £200,000 appeal for repairs at St Bart's in Brisley, near Dereham

Church launches ambitious £200,000 appeal for urgent repairs

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The demolition of the control tower at RAF Sculthorpe has uncovered a letter stuffed in the wall by two former Americans.

US airmens' disdain for Norfolk weather revealed in 64-year-old letter

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Horatia Nelson *oil on canvas* circa 1815

Did you know Norfolk's Nelson had a secret daughter?

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Dr Neil Faulkner with some of the artefacts discovered at the site of the Sedgeford archeological di

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Obituary: Archaeologist who founded famous Norfolk dig dies aged 64

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A rare gold 'Leopard' florin found in north Norfolk is to be auctioned in London.

Rare gold coin from north Norfolk could fetch £140,000

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Nelson carving

Chainsaw carving honours Norfolk's greatest hero

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Floods 1953Firemen from Lancashire helping out in the floods of 1953.

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The Floods of 1953 in Norfolk: Remembering the heroes who helped

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When Linda McCartney visited Ross Youngs on February 10, 1994. Picture: Archant Library

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The day Linda McCartney flew into Fakenham

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How Norfolk market towns have changed over the decade - Diss in 2008 and 2018

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How have Norfolk's market towns changed over the last decade?

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A meteor during the Perseid meteor shower seen over Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk.

First meteor shower of 2022 to light up the night sky in early January

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The previous owner of the Albatros on Wells Quayside was told to move the ship to free up space for other boats in 2009.

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How this north Norfolk cargo ship evaded the Nazis

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Floods 1953 - Cobholm
Residents of Cobholm, Great Yarmouth outside F.W. Hayhow Stores during th

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Do you remember these shocking scenes from floods of the past?

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Seal rescue 1993 Norfolk

From ponies to seals: Animal rescues over the years

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Kathy Blake and her mum Jean Lincoln on Waxham beach in 1972

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Poem written more than half a century ago discovered inside book

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Decimalisation at a Norwich bakery in 1971

Remember Decimal Day? 50 years on from currency changing forever

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Oak Street Fakenham

The market town with two names

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NTTD Wells

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Where the pines meet the sea on the north Norfolk coast

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Two teachers retire at West Earlham First School, 7th April 1973. Picture: Archant Library

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Are you in our Norfolk school photos from the 1970s?

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Rev Canon Heather Butcher at St Andrews Church in East Lexham with the stained glass window which fe

Royal Mail’s Christmas stamps feature window at tiny Norfolk church

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The doctored copy of Nelson's (inset) 1805 letter to Simon Taylor. Images: M Downer/Public Domain

Did Nelson really back the slave trade? Fresh evidence revealed in...

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The Church of All Saints in Walsoken. Pic: Historic England.

Ten Norfolk churches added to at risk list of heritage which could be lost

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Thomas Hurn has a Jaguar Jet bomber which flew from RAF Coltishall on his farm at Tattersett, near F

Farmer buys bomber and displays it on Norfolk roadside

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Photographer Jack Lowe has created a giant post mural of the Dunkirk 'little ship' Lucy Lavers at St

Dunkirk little ship features in mural by the coast

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The crinkle crankle wall in Fakenham. Picture: The trustees of Fakenham community centre

Plans to extend life of unusual East Anglian wall

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Volunteers taking part in the clean up of a former RAF Radar Station on Barrow Common in Brancaster

Wartime radar station gets much-needed clean out

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Red Arrows fly over Norfolk near Dereham September 2020 Pictures: BRITTANY WOODMAN

Red Arrows complete spectacular flypast over Norfolk

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The Melton Constable Trust, which manages the Norfolk Orbital Railway project, has received £20,000

Heritage trust receives £20,000 of lottery funding to fight coronavirus...

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Flying Scotsman will return to Norfolk in 2021: John Giles/PA Wire

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Flying Scotsman to return to Norfolk

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The playing of the Last Post. Photo: Mick Howes

VJ Day: Norfolk commemorates 75th anniversary with poignant lone pipers

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