To comply with the Data Protection Act (1988) and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) which came in effect on 25th May 2018 the society has taken the following steps. The society only processes personal data for recreational reasons only. It is exempt from registration although it is still required to comply with the GDPR.
Below is some older news before we introduced the new method of providing news. The War Generation Project (WarGen) This is an Oral Online record of memories of people who experienced WW2, from all over the world. WarGen was founded by broadcaster and historian, Dan Snow, and author and broadcaster, James Holland. We’re a small
Warning: The nature of running a programme of events and publicising it, often months in advance, has its dangers such as a change of venue, change of lecture etc. Prior to any event, please check here that the details you have are up to date. If you are a member or have requested information emails
Anyone may submit a news item on local history which, if appropriate and relevant to the activities of the BAHS, will be shown in our news feed. Please only add or comment on news items. Other items may be added using the guestbook forums. If you wish to create a news item (known as a
Each year the BAHS organises a number of events/lectures which are open to members of the BAHS and visitors. Typically attended by around 40 to 50 members and visitors. Click here for the events programme. If you are a member and we have your email address then you should receive an email about each event
Details of our events programme, past events and information on our normal venues, Cley Village Hall or The Harbour Room, Blakeney may be found in this area of the website. Speaker information and past lecture recordings may also be found in this area of the website. General Arrangements Each year the BAHS organises a number
Private 20771, 1st Bn, Essex RegmentDied 2nd January 1916, aged 18Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey& on both Blakeney War Memorials James was baptised 5th June 1898 Blakeney, son of single mum Louisa Moore. She was to marry John Thomas Betts of Blakeney (1903) and have three sons. After John died, she married Harry P H Elston
If you are not a member of the BAHS you may wish to receive our information emails. If so, click here. Tuesday 26th January 2021 7:30pm on Zoom The Norwich Castle: Royal Palace Reborn Project—Principles and Processes Dr Agata Gomolka, Project Assistant Curator, Norwich Castle Click here to view the recording of this lecture. The major
From BAHS member Margaret Bird, 19 March 2023: In October 2022 a highly significant body of manuscripts, photographs and maps from the Cozens-Hardy Collection was lodged in the Norfolk Record Office (NRO) by Caroline Holland, née Cozens-Hardy. Caroline is a BAHS member and is descended from the Letheringsett diarist Mary Hardy. This news item is
The table below lists the contents of the issues 1 1998) to 19 (2024). This complete table of contents may be used to help identify articles in different issues of the Glaven Historian which may be of interest, based on the content of each entry in the table below. For example, entering map into the