We’ve been having a great time in the Heritage Hub at Norjam this week. As always, our Archivist, Helen, was in the midst of it helping everyone enjoy what was on offer! We’ve had so many visitors, caught up with old friends and made lots of new ones.  Our displays and activities have demonstrated aspects…

Did you know that the 20th June is often considered the happiest day of the year, scientifically? The reasoning behind this is that it is just before the summer solstice where the sun is out for the longest, and usually pleasant weather. It is a time where the summer holidays are eagerly anticipated by many,…

Visitors to the ARC’s 80th VE Day commemorations discovered all about the work of the Guide International Service (G.I.S.) – a highly trained group of young women who went in to Europe and Malaya at the end of the Second World War. Their mission was to help ordinary people rebuild their shattered lives and they…

Do you know what Guides did during the war? The Guide International Service (GIS) was formed during the war to support the war effort. Come and join in our commemoration activities to find out about it  

A home-made Guide uniform dating back more than 100 years has been donated to the ARC and with it some intriguing pieces of kit which are both delighting and puzzling our volunteers. A box of items belonging to Nora Williamson, who was a Guide in the 1st Gressenhall Company in 1919, was given to us…

Chief Guide Tracy Foster was the guest of honour on a time-travelling journey through the history of guiding when she visited the ARC for Heritage Open Day. Three days of fun challenges and exhibitions were timetabled at the ARC’s HQ in Coltishall as part of the national Heritage Open Day celebrations in September. Visitors took…

Never was the original eighth Guide Law more in evidence than at the 2024 1st Norfolk 1940s Guide Company summer camp! As Storm Lilian hit with driving rain and high winds, it was a real challenge to keep cheerful, warm and dry. “We certainly learned why tents need to be storm-lashed and how to repair…