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Water Mills and Marshes is an incredible project that will allow you to really get to know the Broads. Here is what we have been up to during the project.
Mills, Marshmen, Mayflies and Wherries
Published: 28th July, 2019 This has been a very busy 4 months of School Engagement. Road Shows, Experience Days, Broads in a Box Project Days and a Show Case Event – no wonder it…
Acle and District in WWII
Published: 26th July, 2019 The village of Acle was designated as a Category ‘A’ Nodal Point along a stopline during WWII. On 26th July 2019, during the second of three day-schools held at Acle…
Second World War Archaeology in East Anglia
Published: 1st July, 2019 Professor Rob Liddiard (University of East Anglia) gave a fascinating account of how home defences were rapidly organised following the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940.…
Runes, Roving and the Chet Boat Replica
Published: 30th March, 2019 Since 2018, the International Boatbuilding Training College (IBTC) has been hard at work on an exciting experimental archaeology project, building a full scale replica of The Chet Boat which was…
First Annual Review of School Engagement
Published: 20th December, 2018 The first year of the Water, Mills and Marshes project is nearing an end and we’ve certainly hit the ground running. We engaged with 13 Primary Schools, 2 High Schools…
Broads Album 2018 and Ecology Practicals
Published: 21st October, 2018 Broads Album 2018 In May, 15 students performed the songs they had written for the project’s inaugural Broads Album at Lowestoft’s Marina Theatre. The quality and variety of the music…