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- Norfolk County Council Norfolk County Council – responsible for education, highways and social services.
Useful Links
- Aylsham Local History Society Taking the history lead in this project.
- Aylsham Town Council Giving full support to the project
- Aylsham Wildlife Trust The wildlife trust studies in and around Aylsham
- Brampton Parish Council The Parish Council for Brampton – email bopc@hotmail.co.uk
- Broads Authority Principal conservation agency for the Broads
- Broads Review website A great website reviewing locations around the Broads
- Bure Valley Railway Although not actively involved the BVR runs parallel to the navigation and great views of it are afforded from the train or footpath.
- Buxton Mill Brampton Mill Holiday Apartment
- Buxton Parish Council Buxton with Lammas PC – this site includes some Bure photographs.
- Captain Ahabs Watery Tales This is a blog site with some crackingly good photographs of the navigation.
- Coltishall Parish Council Website for Coltishall
- East Anglian Waterways Association An association with an interest in all navigable waterways in East Anglia past, present and future.
- Hautbois Activity Centre Hautbois Residential and Activity Centre offers the perfect venue for training, conferences, activity or residential breaks. Hautbois is owned by Girlguiding Anglia, and is open to bookings from Guide & Scout Groups, Schools, Businesses and private gr
- Horstead Parish Council Website for Horstead
- Inland Waterways Association The website for the local branch of the IWA
- Inland Waterways Association (local branch) Website for the Ipswich branch of the IWA
- Jim Shead Jim is a waterways historian and photographer with an interest in this and other waterways. He has a dedicated Aylsham Navigation page on his site.
- Mary Hardy's Diary The result of 25 years of transcribing and research by Margaret Bird – this is an important social history with direct relevance to the Navigation.
- Museum of the Broads The primary museum collating, conserving and displaying the history of the Broads. The Aylsham Navigation was part of the Broads network
- Norfolk Art Place Norfolk Art Place is a new business, specialising in the supply of art products from Norfolk-based artists, and services to artists. They say they are passionate about art, about Norfolk, and about the wonderful variety of art and artists in our county. I
- Norfolk Federation of Women’s Institutes Part of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, the largest voluntary organisation for women in the UK
- Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Based at Gressenhall this is the prime site and organisation for the industrial history of the County.
- Norfolk Mills A really good site with info about the navigation. This site has permitted use of some of its material by us and we are grateful. Thanks.
- Norfolk Wherry Trust Owners, preservers and operators of the Albion
- Postcards from the Broads A site full of interesting old photographs from all around the Broads.
- Richardsons Boating Holidays Richardsons have supported us – other boatyards are available
- The Canoe Man Organised trips by canoe throughout the Broads including the Aylsham Navigation.
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Too hot to handle
It’s far too hot today for comfort although I am on the large side and burn easily. I’ve been to the Worstead Festival which is an object lesson in what a community can do if it wants. The sight of … Continue reading
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Postcards from the past
I received a postcard this week from my father who is now in his 80′s although he wouldn’t thank me for saying so. He is currently on holiday in Wales and is taking the opportunity of riding some of that … Continue reading
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Video Oxnead to Aylsham
The third of John Parker’s videos can now be seen here on You Tube. The other two covering the rest of the Navigation are linked to elsewhere and on You Tube itself.
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A real quick cutie
Well that’s it – home from the enquiry and now we just have to wait for the Inspector to report. Thanks to those that helped out and also the witnesses. Anyway enough of that – no photographs today but a … Continue reading
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It’s all go
Two blogs in as many days – either the muse is with me or I’m plain daft and I do know the answer. This will be a short but important blog. My weekend has been filled with a mixture of … Continue reading
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Getting there
I occasionally go to work by train, I find it a release from the drudgery that is the A140 between Norwich and Ipswich. I caught the first train out of Wroxham just before 06:30 the other day heading for Norwich … Continue reading
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Buxton to Oxnead Video
Another video has been posted to You Tube by the independant film-maker John Parker who is a supporter of this project. This time he has done the stretch from Buxton to Oxnead and it can be viewed here. John also … Continue reading
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After the flood
Sticking with the weather theme we are approaching the 99th anniversary of the Navigations closure after devastating floods over a large part of Norfolk following a short period of extremely heavy rain. As part of the historical work that is … Continue reading
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EVERYTHING ON TRACK
There has just been a round of meetings with the Project, Bure Navigation Conservation Trust and the Aylsham Navigation Research Group all meeting at different times through the last week. Minutes of these meetings will appear on the “Our Files” … Continue reading
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Meeting at Burgh
Minutes of the meeting at Burgh held on 30th June can be found in the “Our Files” Section of the website
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