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Essex/Suffolk

Video: You say Austin, I say Alston – Essex and Suffolk accents

Posted on 8 March, 2015 by Helen Barrell

An interesting note from 1745 in West Bergholt‘s parish register shows us that the vicar got muddled up with some of his parishioners’ surnames. Und...

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Video: The Secret of the Edwardian Brooch

Posted on 3 December, 2014 by Helen Barrell

This might look like a fairly ordinary photograph brooch, but it has a secret…. Audio transcript (PDF –  40KB)

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