Programme

Our meetings take place on the fourth Monday of the month usually at the New Victory Hall in Neatishead.  Please check the here for details.  NIBCHG Friends will be notified by email.  We look forward to welcoming you during the coming year.

PROGRAMME 2026

¨ Monday 23rd February, 7.30pm, New Victory Hall
‘It’s on your doorstep—Neatishead Radar – its history and development”
Presentation by Pat Carter from the  RAF Air Defence Radar Museum’. 
Display and refreshments from 7pm.

¨ Monday 23rd March, 7.30pm, New Victory Hall
‘100 years of the Norfolk Punt Club’.  Presentation, Val Khambatta. 
To coincide with their 100 years celebrations.

¨ Monday 27th April, 7.30pm, New Victory Hall
‘Conkers, Cakes and Coal— 50 years of village events’.
Presentation, Claire Penstone-Smith.
To coincide with the 50th Anniversary of The NIB Parish Magazine

¨ May / June: Heritage Walk / Visit to RAF Rackheath.  Dates tbc.

¨ Monday 20th July, 7.30pm, New Victory Hall
‘Farming in a Bygone Age’. Presentation, Brian Hedge. 
Joint meeting with The Gardening Club for their 45th Anniversary

¨ Monday 28th September, 7.30pm, New Victory Hall
‘Medieval Women of Norwich’.  Presentation, Sally-Anne Lomas

¨ October, AGM, date and venue to be confirmed.

¨ Monday 23rd November, 7.30pm, New Victory Hall
WW2 RAF Aerial Reconnaissance and Photographic Interpretation Talk
Presentation by Mark Taylor, Freelance Educator

Presentations during 2025
‘Reflections on VJ Day 80 Commemorations’
Presentation by Pauline Simpson, BEM, Lay Minister and Chaplain to Far East Prisoners of War 
Monday 27th October, 7.30pm, Neatishead Baptist Chapel, Chapel Road, Neatishead
Showing of the film ‘Broadland During The First World War’ after the formalities of our AGM.  
‘Norwich Shawls and Norwich’s Textile Heritage’
Presentation by Joy Evitt,  Costume and Textile Association.  
‘Bringing the Broads Alive – stories of wherrymen, marshmen & smugglers’
Presentation by George Cooper.  
‘The Eel Catcher’
Presentation by Jamie Nickerson of Burnt Fen, Neatishead. 

Presentations during 2024 
‘Farming – Past, Present & Future’
Presentation by one of our local farmers, Louis Baugh of Neatishead Hall.    
‘The long and winding road – wool, tapestries and the medieval global economy’
Presentation by Maria Jordan, former National Trust Conservator.
‘The late, great fishing industry of Great Yarmouth’
Presentation by Simon Partridge, Director, How Hill Trust
‘Wartime Brides and GI Sweethearts’
Presentation by Orla Kennelly, Trust Librarian, American Library, Norwich 

NIBCHG ‘Friends‘ supports our ongoing research to preserve the heritage of the villages and you will receive regular email updates.  Entry to all monthly meetings is free for ‘ NIBCHG Friends‘; entry to monthly meetings with presentations is £3 for visitors.  Meetings are not usually held in August or December.

DISPLAYS

Regular displays on a different aspect of the villages’ history can be seen  at the Neatishead Community Market and Cafe, on the 2nd Saturday of each month (except January), 9am – 12noon at the New Victory Hall, Neatishead, NR12 8AD and members of the committee will be on hand with more information about the Group and its research.