��ѿ��ý Sounds - Secret Norfolk

Secret Norfolk

Explore fascinating stories from Norfolk.

Radio Norfolk,53 episodes

Episodes

ListGrid

The ‘green’ blue cheese
Norfolk’s famous Binham Blue cheese is actually rather ‘green’ in its production.
25 Jul 2025,7 mins
The speedway roar that thawed the Cold War
During the Cold War, speedway had an unexpected unifying effect between countries.
17 Jul 2025,9 mins
Maintaining the Lotus position
A collection of classic racing cars are on display at Classic Team Lotus in Hethel.
30 Jun 2025,7 mins
The fossil finder of North Norfolk
From megalodon teeth to mammoth hips, Michelle Smith has found an array of fossils.
20 Jun 2025,10 mins
The tall tales of Dereham’s oldest house
A tiny house in Dereham is now home to Bishop Bonner’s Cottage Museum.
16 Jun 2025,5 mins
The lifeboat whose first call was to Dunkirk
A wooden lifeboat whose first call was to Dunkirk, now gives heritage tours of Wells.
03 Jun 2025,6 mins
Uncovering the secrets of Spinky Den
In Shipdham there’s a home called Spinky Den which holds some special secrets.
02 Jun 2025,4 mins
Mary Smith: The ‘witch’ of King’s Lynn
In the 17th century, Matthew Hopkins hunted witches. One of which was Mary Smith.
27 May 2025,7 mins
The brewery in a back garden
An award winning Norfolk beer is actually brewed in a back garden in North Wootton.
22 May 2025,6 mins
The Man Who Made Wembley
Introducing… The Man Who Made Wembley
The story of Sir Arthur Elvin from Norwich, who turned Wembley into the national stadium.
08 May 2025,1 min
The Man Who Made Wembley
1. Prisoner of War
How a young Arthur Elvin went from odd jobs in Norwich to being a German prisoner of war.
10 May 2025,19 mins
The Man Who Made Wembley
2. Buying Wembley
Arthur gets a job in a Wembley cigarette kiosk - and ends up buying the stadium.
10 May 2025,12 mins
The Man Who Made Wembley
3. Sporting Capital
Arthur takes Wembley Stadium from the risk of demolition to England’s sporting capital.
10 May 2025,13 mins
The Man Who Made Wembley
4. Olympic Dreams
Arthur expands Wembley and begins his quest for the Olympic Games.
10 May 2025,12 mins
The Man Who Made Wembley
5. National Service
Arthur earns a knighthood and brings the Olympic Games to Wembley stadium.
10 May 2025,15 mins
From RAF hero to movie star: A fishing boat’s tale
The Lydia Eva fishing boat has had a long and varied career, and now is a floating museum
28 Apr 2025,6 mins
Fakenham’s ‘gem of Britain’s industrial past’
Fakenham is home to the only surviving town gasworks in England and Wales.
07 Apr 2025,6 mins
The man who made Shakespeare funny
Uncovering the untold story of Shakespeare’s joke writer… who came from King’s Lynn.
21 Mar 2025,6 mins
The sign maker of Norwich
From gold-leaf to glass framed signs you may have seen Keiran Harper-Jones’ work
12 Feb 2025,4 mins
The ‘grand design’ that never was
After an office clear out, plans were discovered for a rather grand Britannia Pier.
06 Feb 2025,4 mins
Who were the Midweek Men?
Author Paul Oxbury uncovers the history of the Midweek Men and their football matches
31 Jan 2025,5 mins
The Regent: Great Yarmouth’s lost cinema
The Regent Theatre in Great Yarmouth is on the ‘Theatres at Risk’ register.
28 Jan 2025,3 mins
Snettisham’s ‘staggering’ discovery
An incredibly rare helmet was found amongst an Iron Age hoard in Snettisham.
18 Jan 2025,5 mins
Over 700 years of history at the Bridewell
The Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell is home to over 700 years of history.
15 Jan 2025,5 mins
Sherlock Holmes' first case… in Norfolk
Norfolk was the setting for the Great Detective's very first case.
18 Dec 2024,9 mins
Space Station Brancaster
Norfolk could have been the home of the British space programme.
11 Dec 2024,9 mins
The postcard that took 100 years to arrive
From Newhaven to Norwich. How an emotional farewell shocked an entire family.
31 Oct 2024,10 mins
The Carrow Road fire
It’s 40 years since a fire devastated part of Norwich City’s stadium.
25 Oct 2024,9 mins
Artefacts from WW2 massacre returned to Norfolk
A helmet recovered from a World War Two massacre is being returned to the county.
24 Oct 2024,4 mins
The Norfolk woman who changed prisons forever
In the 1800s Norfolk’s Elizabeth Fry brought reform to Prisons that still endures today.
11 Oct 2024,2 mins