Reading from the Archives: Transport Tales (online)

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Listen to readings of a variety of documents all linked by the the theme of transport

<h3>ONLINE EVENT</h3><h2><br></h2><p>Listen to readings of a variety of documents all linked by the the theme of transport. Including many first-hand accounts such as a travel journal recounting a train journey (described at the time as by 'steam carriage') from Manchester to Liverpool in less than an hour and a half in 1834 and a description of from a journal of riding in a motor car for the first time in 1900.</p><h3><br></h3><p><strong><strong>Find our Spring 2026 programme of events </strong></strong><a href="https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-march-june-2026/" title="https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-march-june-2026/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>here</strong></strong></a></p><h3><strong><strong>If you are no longer able to attend please cancel your ticket so that the place can be reallocated to someone on our waiting list.</strong></strong></h3><p><br></p><h3><br></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><br></h3>

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Reading from the Archives: Transport Tales (online)

ONLINE EVENT

If you are no longer able to attend please cancel your ticket so that the place can be reallocated to someone on our waiting list.

ONLINE EVENT

If you are no longer able to attend please cancel your ticket so that the place can be reallocated to someone on our waiting list.

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