Regimental Museum Our flagship Regimental Museum at The Shirehall was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, our late Colonel In Chief. It was relocated from Britannia Barracks after the late Maj David Jamieson VC CVO spearheaded a successful public appeal.
Anyone who can spare time to assist with the cataloguing of the extensive museum archives is invited to contact Kate Thaxton 01603 223649
kate.thaxton.mus@norfolk.gov.uk
During the Easter holiday, the Norfolk Editor took his 2 young granddaughters, Olivia 7 and Imogen 4, to the Castle Museum. Imogen didn't like the dungeons and Olivia hated the Eqyptian mummies !
We descended the steep and dark stone spiral staircase then entered the tunnel to the R Nfk Regtl Museum with a mock-up of WW1 trenches. Janine and I knew what to expect so we kept close to the girls as the loud roar of an aircraft and machine-gun fire frightened them.
An Easter inspiration was to have children spot the tiny yellow chicks in the showcases ! They found and listed all but one but clues from the reception desk gained them their reward of a chocolate egg.
If you haven’t been to the museum, do go!
The site is at www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=200.25
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