Four trustees from the Norfolk Family History Society attended a fair at Roydon Village Hall near Diss.
We took along laptops with access to a number of genealogy sites including the 1921 census. We weren't sure how successful we would be but we had a steady stream of visitors throughout the day and were able to help some with their research.
For us this was something of a trial run. The society used to attend history fairs but had to stop due to a lack of volunteers. But now we have regenerated and technology is our trump card. That and the fact that we are there to encourage people to research their family trees irrespective of whether they come from or have ancestors from Norfolk.
A big thank you to Betty Morley from the Diss Family History Group and her band of helpers for organising the day - the cake was lovely. I think after the success of this day we will be taking to the road again sometime this year.
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It is so desperately sad to see properties falling over the cliffs due to coastal erosion in Norfolk. When somebody bought a property 20 years ago with a sea view they couldn't have imagined that one day it would topple onto the beach below. Now the council are compulsorily demolishing properties before they go.
Many people think that this is a new problem but I remember writing stories about coastal erosion when I worked in Cromer in the 1970s.
One thing that is certain is this coastal erosion will continue.
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The BBC has caught a cold and scored a spectacular own goal recently . At the same time it has proved just how out of touch it is with the British public.
First it forced out the most popular radio presenter in the country - Ken Bruce - and then it made a mockery of scheduled sports programmes by trying to gag presenter Gary Linaker from expressing views on his personal social media platform
As a result, Saturday evening's Match of the Day was a joke. We had 20 minutes of match highlights with no commentary and no analysis.
The BBC is fast becoming an out of touch shambles and a joke. Whether you agree with Linekers comments or not is irrelevant. The issue here is his right to make those comments and express a view on social media without the fear of censorship.
And the answer is that of course he should have that right providing those written comments aren't libellous or his spoken comments slanderous.
I often tune into the Laura Kunesberg Sunday show on the BBC which is full of people expressing opinions and being allowed to do so. I see no difference between this and people like Lineker being able to speak their mind. The difference of course is that the Kunesberg show is in a BBC controlled environment and social media isn't.
And newspapers of course cannot be controlled and stopped from making anti Government comments whenever they wish to.