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Discover the history of Thetford. Housed in a Tudor merchants' house. Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01842 752599
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Joined June 2013
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#OnThisDay in 2017 we welcomed @Raj_Bisram and the @AntiqueRoadTrip Team to the museum. @MelissaHawker spoke with them about Thomas Paine.
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RT @SISJAC_UK: Professor Simon Kaner is in Hiroshima today for the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing. He shares this video of lanterns….
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This is an iron mantrap used to catch trespassers, mainly poachers. To set it, the metal jaws were opened and held down by catch. Movement release the catch and the jaws would shut. Mantraps were outlawed #OnThisDay in 1861 by the Offences Against the Person Act.
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Love this!.We have a large version on display in our Tudor Hall and a mini replica version to try out in our Tudor garden too!
‘Hath a narrow necke, bigge belly, somewhat large bottome, and full of little holes, with a proper hole formed on the head, to take in the water, whiche filled full, and the thombe layde on the hole to keepe in the aire, …. watering seedlings like 1577 💦
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RT @TheHistoryPress: #OTD in 1929, #MillicentFawcett, pioneering British #suffragist, #feminist, and president of the National Union of Wom….
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#OnThisDay in 1905 Norwich Mercury reported on Thetford Town Council's motion regarding cheaper train fares to the seaside including a letter to the train company from the Mayor, Dr Allan G Minns.
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#OnThisDay 8AD, Tiberius defeated the Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Check out our bust of him on display in the Collectors' Room.
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RT @DadsArmyFans: 56 years ago today 31st July 1969 Dad’s Army aired 📺 for the first time. Still enjoyed by many fans - #DadsArmyDay #DadsA….
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RT @KTDnorfolk: Big thumbs up to our Year 10 #WorkExperience at Thetford Library and @AncientHouseMus👍. The group met different professiona….
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RT @TheHistoryPress: #OnThisDay in 1540, #ThomasCromwell is executed for treason by order of Henry VIII. Later that same day, Henry marries….
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RT @UKNatArcEdu: Our Education Document of the Month for South Asian Heritage Month (18 July-17 Aug) is this poster from the Second World W….
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#OnThisDay in 1911 Votes for Women, the suffragette newspaper reported on the auction of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh's jewellery by order of the Justices of the Spelthorne Petty Sessional Division of Middlesex after her refusal to pay tax
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RT @TheHistoryPress: #OnThisDay in 1945, Labour wins a landslide victory, removing #WinstonChurchill from power.🗳️ #ClementAttlee becomes p….
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RT @TheHistoryPress: #OTD in 1913, 50,000 women gathered in Hyde Park for a pilgrimage organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage….
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Today is the Feast of St Christopher. This is an engraving of painting of St. Christopher with the Christ child from Sedgeford church. It appeared in Gentleman's magazine in 1843. It was donated to the museum by Prince Frederick Duleep Singh.
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RT @Lynn_Museum: 🐪 Our Ancient Egyptian Mummification Workshops for children and adults are tomorrow, Saturday 26 July!🐪. Find out all abou….
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RT @bimcic: VJ Day FREE community event 🚨.Want an afternoon of arts and crafts while learning about Indian women’s Sari stories. Join us .T….
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Free, drop in | 2pm - 4pm | Garden Studio Did you know that during the Second World War, Indian women wore saris for their training? Join us for a family
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Today's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange theme is film and cinema for ‘May The Toys Be With You’ at @Lynn_Museum.Here is an animation of tie-in toys for @Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) made by THC Youth Group in 2014. @KTDnorfolk
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#OnThisDay in 1932 Bury Free Press reported: Thetford Boy Scouts camped at Two Mile Bottom. They enjoyed swimming, fishing, and cricket. "It was wonderful time, as some the boys had not experienced open air conditions before. All behaved well and did the job like men."
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