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Lecture Programme

Our popular lecture programme features prominent speakers who are incredibly knowledgeable about their respective topics

The lectures take place on Wednesdays at 10.30am at our event venue, Suffield Park Bowls Club, in Cromer.


The lecture series for Autumn 2024 will be Norwich and Norfolk.  Lecturer for this 6 week course, starting on 9th October 2024, is Pete Goodrum. Pete has written several books on the Norfolk Broads and the fine city of Norwich through the decades and this lecture series will include The Norfolk Broads, Norwich in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, "Five Norwich Lives" and 250 years of Jarrolds.

Returning in Spring 2025 will be ever popular Neil Storey, award-winning social historian and author. This will be an 8 week course, starting on Wednesday 15th January 2025. The course will look at different aspects of Social History, including medicine, crime, folklore, working lives in the past - interpreting family and military photos and even animals at work and war. Plus plenty of Norfolk stories.

Booked for Autumn 2025 is Paul Dickson

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Lectures 2024/25

  • Pete Goodrum
    Pete Goodrum
    Multiple Dates
    Pete Goodrum
    Wed, 13 Nov
    Cromer
    13 Nov 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    13 Nov 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Five Norwich Lives
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  • Pete Goodrum
    Pete Goodrum
    Multiple Dates
    Pete Goodrum
    Wed, 20 Nov
    Cromer
    20 Nov 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    20 Nov 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Jarrolds - 250 years and more as a business
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  • Neil Storey
    Neil Storey
    Multiple Dates
    Neil Storey
    Wed, 15 Jan
    Cromer
    15 Jan 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    15 Jan 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Exploring Social History through Mysteries and Forgotten Stories
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  • Neil Storey
    Neil Storey
    Multiple Dates
    Neil Storey
    Wed, 22 Jan
    Cromer
    22 Jan 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    22 Jan 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Exploring Social History through Mysteries and Forgotten Stories
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  • Neil Storey
    Neil Storey
    Multiple Dates
    Neil Storey
    Wed, 29 Jan
    Cromer
    29 Jan 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    29 Jan 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Exploring Social History through Mysteries and Forgotten Stories
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  • Neil Storey
    Neil Storey
    Multiple Dates
    Neil Storey
    Wed, 05 Feb
    Cromer
    05 Feb 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    05 Feb 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Exploring Social History through Mysteries and Forgotten Stories
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  • Neil Storey
    Neil Storey
    Multiple Dates
    Neil Storey
    Wed, 12 Feb
    Cromer
    12 Feb 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    12 Feb 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Exploring Social History through Mysteries and Forgotten Stories
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  • Neil Storey
    Neil Storey
    Multiple Dates
    Neil Storey
    Wed, 26 Feb
    Cromer
    26 Feb 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    26 Feb 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Exploring Social History through Mysteries and Forgotten Stories
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  • Neil Storey
    Neil Storey
    Multiple Dates
    Neil Storey
    Wed, 05 Mar
    Cromer
    05 Mar 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    05 Mar 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Exploring Social History through Mysteries and Forgotten Stories
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  • Neil Storey
    Neil Storey
    Multiple Dates
    Neil Storey
    Wed, 12 Mar
    Cromer
    12 Mar 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    12 Mar 2025, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Exploring Social History through Mysteries and Forgotten Stories
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  • Pete Goodrum
    Pete Goodrum
    Multiple Dates
    Pete Goodrum
    Wed, 06 Nov
    Cromer
    06 Nov 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    06 Nov 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Norwich in the 1970s
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  • Pete Goodrum
    Pete Goodrum
    Multiple Dates
    Pete Goodrum
    Wed, 23 Oct
    Cromer
    23 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    23 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Norwich in the 1950s and 60s
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  • Pete Goodrum
    Pete Goodrum
    Multiple Dates
    Pete Goodrum
    Wed, 16 Oct
    Cromer
    16 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    16 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    50 Gems of Norfolk
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  • Pete Goodrum
    Pete Goodrum
    Multiple Dates
    Pete Goodrum
    Wed, 09 Oct
    Cromer
    09 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    09 Oct 2024, 10:30 – 12:15
    Cromer, Station Rd, Cromer NR27 0DY, UK
    Norfolk Broads. The Biography.
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