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MNFHS meetings

Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month (except December) in the church hall behind Trinity Methodist Church, Theatre Street, Dereham NR19 2EP, at 7.30pm. New members and visitors are always welcome. Please see the Program page for further details, or the News page for the latest updates.

May 2023 – Norfolk Suffragettes & Suffragists – by Debbie Bradley

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to

NORFOLK SUFFRAGETTES &
& SUFFRAGISTS

Records and Stories of Women

Presented by Debbie Bradley

Wednesday 17th May
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

Next meeting; 21st June 2023;
“Tales from the Workhouse” – by Helen Bainbridge.

April 2023 – Apprentices & Apprenticeship Records – by Steve Manning

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to

APPRENTICES &
APPRENTICESHIP RECORDS;

Introducing Thomas Stokes, plumber, painter and glazier

Presented by Steve Manning

Wednesday 19th April
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

Next meeting; 17th May 2023;
“Tales from the Workhouse” – by Helen Bainbridge.

March 2023 – Using Photographs in Family History – by Glynn Burrows

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to

USING PHOTOGRAPHS
IN FAMILY HISTORY

Presented by Glynn Burrows

Wednesday 15th March
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

Next meeting; 19th April 2023;
“An Introduction to Apprentices” – by Steve Manning.

New Book – “How We Lived”

Mid Norfolk Family History Society has published this selection from Dr Susan Palmer’s collection of oral history transcripts and reminiscences of Dereham and surrounding Norfolk villages in the early twentieth century. Many local families kindly allowed us to copy original family photographs, many never published previously, to illustrate stories of everyday life in Norfolk.

Memories were contributed about Etling Green, remembering a local stock car racing pioneer and Norfolk Fire Museum supplied much background and photographs for our tales of the retained firemen. WWI and WWII are remembered by many contributors and the effect which both of these international conflicts had on the area is covered with personal stories and many photographs.

The contributors will be remembered with great affection by many readers and their stories will bring back memories for some of the older residents of the area. Sadly, their names are too many to list here, but rest assured, they are all acknowledged in the book. Subjects covered include the Dereham and District Disabled Club, Women’s Suffrage, The Workhouse, The Zeppelin Raid, School Days, Shops, Pubs and just about everything else which had anything to do with everyday life in the early C20th.

Copies of the book are available from Glynn Burrows, 20 Rougholme Close, Gressenhall, Dereham, NR20 4DY; email chairman -at- mnfhs.org – and are priced at £15.00 (Plus £4.50 p&p.) Cheques made out to MNFHS please.

February 2023 – Life of Harriet Kettle; pauper, patient prisoner & parent in Victorian Norfolk – by Andy Reid

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to an open meeting entitled

Life of Harriet Kettle

Pauper, patient, prisoner & parent in Victorian Norfolk

by

Andy Reid

Andy Reid will tell us the
story of Harriet Kettle
who has a remarkable story to tell. (1838-1916)

Wednesday 15th February
7.30 pm

Online via Zoom

Contact MNFHS secretary, Debbie Bradley, for the link.

e-mail; secretary -at- mnfhs.org

To join you need to be a members of our Society which for the UK is £12.00 (equivalent to £1.00 a month). Join today https://www.parishchest.com/mid-norfolk-fhs-11864.php

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

January 2023 – Ancestral tours – by Glynn Burrows

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to an open meeting entitled

Ancestral Holidays

by

Glynn Burrows

Planning a trip with family history in mind;
How to make the most of your time and
find out more of your family’s past.

Wednesday 18th January
7.30 pm

Online via Zoom

Contact MNFHS secretary, Debbie Bradley, for the link.

e-mail; secretary -at- mnfhs.org

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

November 2022 – An Evening With James (Jimmy) Stewart – His Time in Wartime Norfolk – by Greg Powles

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to

AN EVENING WITH
JAMES (JIMMY) STEWART –
– HIS TIME IN WARTIME NORFOLK

by Greg Powles

Wednesday 16th November
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

NB: No meeting in December. January and February 2023 meetings
will be held via Zoom – details will be posted on the website.
Next face-to-face meeting: March 2023.

October 2022 – Our Families’ Experiences in Wartime

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to

OUR FAMILIES’ EXPERIENCES
IN WARTIME

Members present their family
experiences in wartime.

Wednesday 19th October
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – Tea or Coffee included

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

Next meeting: Wed. 16th November – An evening with James
(Jimmy) Stewart and his time in wartime Norfolk.

September 2022 – AGM & ‘Norfolk Schools’ – Iona Folliard

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

AGM

followed by a presentation

NORFOLK SCHOOLS

by

Iona Folliard

Wednesday 21st September
7.30 pm

Trinity Methodist Church Hall
Theatre Street
DEREHAM
NR19 2EP

.

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – TEA or COFFEE INCLUDED

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit www.mnfhs.org/program/

www.facebook.com/MidNorfolkFHS
or simply search “Mid Norfolk FHS” for more information.

Next meeting: Wed. 19th October. Members present their family experiences in wartime.

August 2022 – Using Newspapers to Help with Family Research – Steve Manning

MID-NORFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Invite you to a presentation

by Steve Manning

at Latter Day Saints Church

Yaxham Road, Dereham, NR19 1AJ

USING NEWSPAPERS
TO HELP WITH
FAMILY RESEARCH

Wednesday 17th August
7.30 pm

(Please note the different venue to normal)

START DIGGING INTO YOUR PAST!

ENTRANCE £3 to non-members – soft drinks available

Please join us – you will be made very welcome

Visit https://midnorfolkfhs.wordpress.com/program/
or www.facebook,com/MidNorfolkFHS for more information.

Next meeting: Wednesday 21st September – AGM,

& Iona Follard’s research of Norfolk schools –

at Trinity Church Hall, Dereham.