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35 The Thoroughfare
A butcher’s shop for at least 200 years, the trade continues unbroken on this site. This would have been an open fronted shop when it...
25 Broad Street
This was a C16 pub for cattle market travellers. In C18 an extra floor was added, that's why it is higher than the neighbours....
19 Broad Street
19 Broad Street is a tucked away gem of surprising age – maybe even before1400! This building has been featured in this walk to represent...
9 Broad Street
Originally a single room wide, this 3 storey 17th C onetime doss house is dwarfed by its neighbours. This C17 timber-framed, stuccoed...
9 Union Street
Although this 17th C building and formerly disreputable pub has been much changed it still retains some internal chamfered beams. This...
The Friendly Invasion
Between 1942 and 1945 there were at any one time around 50,000 USAAF (United States Army Air Force) stationed within a 30 mile radius of...
Howards Rotavators
Harleston Industries Ltd opened in 1961, with 170 people on the payroll, by 1966 it had leapt to 380 and a new building had to be erected...
Harleston Clock
This clock was made it Harleston, circa 1830-50 by Samuel Carman. Samuel Carman (both father and son) had a clock and watch makers shop...
Clay Pipes
The craft of making clay tobacco pipes began in England shortly after the introduction of tobacco in about 1558. The first pipes were...
Audio Trail
Take a guided walk of 1600 Harleston. A family from Harleston were on board the Mayflower ship which sailed to America 400 years ago. ...
Mayflower Lectures
Take a guided walk of 1600 Harleston. A family from Harleston were on board the Mayflower ship which sailed to America 400 years ago. ...
WWI Tablecloth
Inscribed by wounded soldiers, nurses, staff and others at The Red Cross Hospitals in Harleston, Norfolk during the first World War...
Paint a Ship
An activity session for children to create their own painting of a Mayflower ship. There will also be an intergenerational exhibition of...
Finding Leo
A children's safari hunt for animals in the church. There are locations throughout the church at which to stop and listen to an audio...
Open Doors
Step inside some buildings which are not normally open to the public. There are some 147 listed building entries with Historic England...
Tales from the Church
This Audio Trail is brought to you by people from organisations across the community all working together. You will be hearing from...
In their Footsteps
Take a guided walk of 1600 Harleston. A family from Harleston were on board the Mayflower ship which sailed to America 400 years ago. ...
Five Norwich Lives - One in Particular
Our last presentation was about the intertwined the lives of five people from Norwich. One of those has just been highlighted in an...
Harleston War Memorial
The memorial which was erected in Broad Street near St. John’s Church takes the form of a Celtic Cross of Cornish grey granite decorated...
American Memorial
The memorial where 22 American aircrew perished when the two B-24 Liberator Bombers collided in mid- air whilst preparing to land at the...
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