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Derek James

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
27
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Derek James

    Looking at 600 years of fascinating history at Norwich’s Dragon Hall (opens the original)

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    In this novel, the dragon was there in all the great and terrible dramas enacted in the City of Norwich, and knew all the people who took part in them. Oh could you speak, what tales you'd lay bare and through this time-portal, take us there. The author and illustrator, Leo R Jary (Image: Supplied) And now, thanks to author and illustrator, Leo R Jary, we can all visit Dragon Hall in this new book, step through Norwich of 1431 and begin a journey through the centuries. We will travel through 600

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Derek James

    The brothers who arrived in Norwich who set up a shop which became a household name (opens the original)

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    They were three brothers from West Norfolk who arrived in Norwich during the 1860s and established a business which played a leading role in city life until five years ago. They were Henley, Edward and Jacob Curl who, after running a shop in St Stephen's for several years, purchased the well-known Rampant Horse Hotel and converted the premises into a wholesale and retail drapers. A landmark building which covered an area of about half an acre across Orford Street and Orford Place, with a frontag

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Derek James

    Legendary Norfolk singer dies five days after seeing daughter marry (opens the original)

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    It was Viv's final wish... to see his daughter Gemma marry the love of her life James... and that is just what happened. A celebrant arrived at the house to carry out the ceremony while the legendary Norfolk singer Viv Ritchie looked on with pride. A proud father. Viv Ritchie with daughter Gemma and son in law James after their marriage (Image: Submitted) "I will be forever grateful that he got to see me standing there with the man I love. He got to see me happy," said Gemma. "And I got to see m

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Derek James

    The Smiling Footballer and other great characters from Norfolk town (opens the original)

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    We have opened the pages of Quirky Norwich and Quirky Lowestoft and now we have arrived in Quirky King's Lynn...the latest in the series of quirky books from Amberley Publishing. According to the Cambridge Dictionary it is a word which describes people, behaviour or things that possess unique, offbeat or eccentric traits setting them apart from the ordinary. Seems to be a perfect way to describe many people and places across Norfolk and Suffolk. Bill Lovelock wrote the great book about Quirky Lo

  5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Derek James

    Brandon's flint-knappers made millions of the world's best gunflints (opens the original)

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    It was back in 1887 when the Magazine of Art wrote: "Hidden away in a secluded corner of East Anglia there lurks and lingers an artistic industry which, if the opinions formed as to its origins are correct, may fairly calm to be considered as the oldest in Great Britain - the craft of the flint-knappers of Brandon." "Considering its size, Brandon is singularly prosperous and wide awake and can boost of large saw-mills, and a flourishing trade in the preparations of rabbit-skins but its chief glo

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