Author: Angela Weatherill

Carbrooke Heritage Group will be holding an Open Evening at the Village Hall on Friday 13th February 7 – 9pm. With Bar. 

Whether it is ancient, medieval, agricultural, social, family, military, or natural history,  Carbrooke has it all.

Come along and find out more about Carbrooke and the locality. There has been human habitation here since neolithic times, with a Carbrooke heyday during medieval years when the largest Commanderie in Norfolk operated by the Knights Hospitallers was located here.

RAF Watton and World War 2 impacted the area when thousands of American servicemen arrived, followed by British RAF personnel during the Cold War.

In recent years the demographics has changed beyond all imagination.

Carbrooke Heritage Group is an informal group, based in the Heritage portacabin at the village hall. 

We have produced various publications, put on talks and events relating to local heritage and helped at local events, new members,  ideas or suggestions as to meeting days and times welcome.

If you cannot make the date but would like to be involved, please contact –[email protected] or visit our website

https://nextdoor.co.uk/p/_q7mT4ZnL-3F

It was a busy day for ‘Ben’ at Nimble, as he continues filming for the documentary style film of Carbrooke, in Carbrooke Church and on Carbrooke Village Green.

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A few shots taken in the church, where we met with Ben from Nimble to get the film ‘rolling’

Few can dispute that in the past few years, great changes have affected worldwide society and local communities.Carbrooke has experienced demographic changes with an increase in housing stock and has moved away from being a small agricultural community in just a generation.

Carbrooke Heritage Group, have exciting plans to create a community record of life in Carbrooke 2023 which will coincide with a new era in Britain with the Coronation of King Charles.

We are excited to be working with Ben at Nimble. a video, photo and editing company from Dereham, to produce a documentary style film of the parish, incorporating drone film, heritage images of the village, and personal memories from residents and community organisations.

We are inviting memories or comments – from our residents, no matter how long or short, resident in Carbrooke, from those who have lived here in the past, attended the school, church or village hall events, dog walkers on the Millennium Green or village ramblers.We hope the film will be ready for a public showing in November to mark the anniversary of the Heritage Centre launch.https://www.nimblenorfolk.co.uk/

HARVEST TEA

FRIDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER

2 – 4pm in the Village Hall

All welcome to join us, as we discover more of the Agricultural heritage of Carbrooke over tea and cake.

Harvest produce collection point- non perishables to be donated to Watton Food Bank. Perishables to the Carbrooke food table on the village hall carpark.

Come and see our new installation of the Laminated Enclosure map of Carbrooke 1803.

(Thanks to Steve and Maxine for fixing to the wall).

September 23rd September 2-4pm

Carbrooke Heritage Group, to invite you to a Harvest Tea in Carbrooke Village Hall on 23rd September 2022 from 2-4pm.

As an important festival in agricultural communities, the Heritage group would like to celebrate Harvest, with afternoon tea, and a chance to chat with neighbours old and new. We will have photos and artefacts on display with a harvest/farming theme, a ‘Bring and Share’ Harvest produce table, and collection point for (non-perishable) items to donate to Watton Food Bank.

If you have any photos or artefacts to share, we would love to see them.

Please also let anyone else who may be interested know about this event too. The more the merrier.
We have started work to create a permanent heritage centre in the portacabin behind the village hall, and invite you to take a look at our plans.

The Village Harvest festival will be held in the church at 10.30am Sunday 25th September.

Find out more of our fantastic new project.

Heritage Centre for Carbrooke

Ongoing

Alternate Fridays in the Village Hall 2 – 4pm

5th August, 19th August,

We had a very successful afternoon, as we made a start on logging our memorabilia.

We managed to sort into different subject categories, although some of the items were difficult to decide which category it should belong in.

We all agreed it was great to actually get down to some Carbrooke heritage, and were surprised at quite how much we had collected over the years. I think we also got sidetracked by some of our findings!

• Church & Chapel

• School

• Agriculture

• Places & People

• Social Life

• RAF, War and Remembrance

• Books & Publications

Our next cataloguing date will be

Friday 8th July 2-4pm

Carbrooke Village Hall.

We will concentrate on one of the categories to itemise, protect and preserve the memorabilia, before moving on to the .

Tea & biscuits to keep us going.

All welcome to help.