What we've been up to...

It's been a busy few weeks for LivingNorwich. We've been working on new social events for local businesses, our Secret Norwich evening events launch next month, we're about to start a brand new schools pilot which will be made widely available to local schools later in the year, we've started on the content for a new English language course based on Norwich culture for people who are newly arrived in the city and much, much more...

The Lakenham School Secret 12: Histories and Mysteries Project is going better than we ever could have hoped. The children, aged 7-8 are challenging guides at all of the Norwich 12 venues to answer their very thoughtful and thorough questions so they can learn all about the secrets, mysteries and histories of the buildings. They really are becoming accomplished historian detectives and having a great time in the process! Together they are working on a family trail which will hit the Forum Tourist Centre this summer, watch this space. We're really excited about the potential of their work to open up venues all over the city to broader, younger and demographically wider audiences.

The LivingNorwich Collection is building behind the scenes and we've been visiting older people's homes and centres to collect submissions from our ageing communities who might not otherwise be able to enter. We've found some amazing gems and stories on our travels: Trevor, who trained as a book binder at Jarrolds in the 1950s knows more about city history than anyone we've ever met, he told us all about his favourite Norwich object, the 1945 post-war redevelopment plan; Joan told us about her first ever view of Norwich from the balcony at City Hall when she came from London for a job at the old Library in the 60s; Ilene revealed that her uncle was the very same mayor we're planning to recreate as a costumed character and Margery told us about the air raid shelter her and her family used on Lincoln Street during World War Two. Every visit is an inspiration. If you'd like to tell us about your favourite Norwich object, place or story fill out the form on our website, failing that we'll be hitting the city with clipboards in the coming weeks to gather your entries! You better watch out, we're coming for you....

Get in touch for more information on any of the above hello@livingnorwich.co.uk