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Norfolk Rural Life Museum - Gressenhall Opens

1977 , Gressenhall (Norfolk)

Cat no. 165596

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Various footage and interviews to show the opening of the Norfolk Rural Life Museum at Gressenhall

The camera pans to presenter, Alison Leigh, sat at a school teacher's desk, discussing the use of a belt in the classroom. General views of farm equipment, wheels, crockery and engines. Hon Robin Walpole of Norfolk Museum Service discusses health and safety in the museum and the current difficulties of using the steam engines. Close up of a stuffed ram. Views of the farm and the outside of the Gressenhall building. Close up of clock. Interview with Dick Joice who expresses his excitement at Gressenhall being the centre of museums in Norfolk depicting rural life. He hopes it will become a working museum with the adjoining farm being annexed to the museum.

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Opening of the Norfolk Rural Life Museum at Gressenhall

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Museums; Agriculture; Domestic life

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Norfolk Rural Life Museum - Gressenhall Opens

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