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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