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John Balls, who organises the Norfolk Titanic Association, gave a fascinating talk. He has discovered that over thirty people travelled on the Titanic under assumed names. His research has been a study of human motives and desperation. John’s interest was sparked by a newspaper article about a 92-year-old survivor who had died in 2005. She claimed… [Continue Reading]

Greg Cope, a member of the club, gave a fascinating talk on “The Aviation Bug and How I Survived It”. Eschewing notes, he decided to wing it using a variety of props, mainly comprising some superb model aircraft, to prompt his memories. Greg explained that aeroplanes had been his love for more than forty years…. [Continue Reading]

Have you ever wondered about the origin of those goats which are seen every year munching grass on the cliff slope at Cromer, a little to the west of the pier? On Tuesday 7 May we found out! Mr Mark Frosdick, Animal Control Assistant with North Norfolk District Council, gave us a most interesting talk… [Continue Reading]

As well as being an author and editor of various polar books and academic papers, Stephen Scott-Fawcett is an adviser to the Scott Polar research Institute in Cambridge. He told us how there is evidence of vegetation in Antarctica’s very distant past when there was apparently a tropical climate, during four ‘green’ periods. However, he… [Continue Reading]

While having worked for very many years as a marine geophysicist (with a background in both geology and botany), in his spare time onshore Francis Farrow has worked on the management of Beeston Common and recording its wildlife. His talk traced the formation of the Common through various periods of human history, and how it… [Continue Reading]