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Billy Bluelight
William Cullum (10 April 1859 – July 1949), known as Billy Bluelight, was a popular English flower vendor and cult figure in Norwich. He was well known for his races, when he would run the 20-mile stretch alongside the steam boat, steam pleasure boats beside the rivers River Wensum, Wensum and River Yare, Yare. Early life Cullum was born in the slums of his home city of Norwich. He never received a formal education, but he did however teach himself to read. He worked briefly at Mackintosh's, Caley's chocolate factory and, by 1907, he was already legendary for his racing and street selling activities. Later life Cullum never married and lived with his mother, until her death. They lived at several addresses in the city including Oak Street, Colegate and Pykerells House at St Mary's Plain. After his mother's death around 1930 he was reported to have entered Woodlands, part of the West Norwich Hospital. By 1939, he was living at Palmer Road on the Mile Cross Estate, Norwich, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wherryman's Way
Wherryman's Way is a long-distance footpath in the English county of Norfolk. Route Wherryman's Way is long, running between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. It follows the course of the River Yare where possible, with some significant stretches away from the river where there is no continuous path alongside the Yare. Where the River Chet meets the Yare, it follows the former upstream to Loddon, Norfolk, Loddon and then largely uses roads to the Reedham Ferry to cross the River Yare. From Reedham, Norfolk, Reedham the route is along the northern bank of the Yare the rest of the way, passing Berney Arms where it joins the route of the Weavers' Way. The two routes then follow the northern edge of Breydon Water before going under Breydon Bridge and into Great Yarmouth. By Vauxhall Bridge next to Great Yarmouth railway station a sculpture marks the end points of the Wherryman's Way, Weavers' Way and Angles Way. The trail is named after the trading Norfolk wherry, wherries that used the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich City Council local authority area was estimated to be 144,000 in 2021, which was an increase from 143,135 in 2019. The wider Norwich List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, built-up area had a population of 213,166 at the 2011 census. As the seat of the Episcopal see, See of Norwich, the city has one of the country's largest medieval cathedrals. For much of the second millennium, from medieval to just before Industrial Revolution, industrial times, Norwich was one of the most prosperous and largest towns of England; at one point, it was List of towns and cities in England by historical population, second only to London. Today, it is the largest settlement in East Anglia. Heritage and status Norwich claims to be the most complete medie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steam Boat
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The term ''steamboat'' is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels working on lakes, rivers, and in short-sea shipping. The development of the steamboat led to the larger steamship, which is a seaworthy and often ocean-going ship. Steamboats sometimes use the prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S (for 'Screw Steamer') or PS (for 'Paddle Steamer'); however, these designations are most often used for steamships. Background Limitations of the Newcomen steam engine The first steamboat designs used Newcomen steam engines. These engines were large, heavy, and produced little power, which resulted in an unfavorable power-to-weight ratio. The heavy weight of the Newcomen engine required a structurally strong boat, and the reciprocating motion of the engine beam required a complicated mechanism to produce propulsion. Rotary motion engines James Watt's design improveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Wensum
The River Wensum is a chalk river in Norfolk, England, Norfolk, England and a tributary of the River Yare, despite being the larger of the two rivers. The river is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation. The Wensum is the principal river on which the city of Norwich was founded. The river passes Carrow Road, the home of Norwich City F.C.; one end of the ground was originally named ''The River End'' in its honour, a name that still persists among fans. Etymology The river receives its name from the Old English adjective ''wandsum'' or ''wendsum'', meaning "winding". Course Modern Ordnance Survey Maps list the source of the Wensum as lying between the villages of Colkirk and Whissonsett in northwest Norfolk. The reasoning behind this claim is unknown given that other tributaries are further from the mouth; pre-modern maps and other written sources refer to the source to be in West Rudham from springs arising on the aptly named Wensum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Yare
The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches it is one of the principal navigable waterways of The Broads and connects with the rest of the network. The river rises south of Dereham to the west to the village of Shipdham. Above its confluence with a tributary stream from Garvestone it is known as the Blackwater River.Ordnance Survey of Great Britain From there it flows in a generally eastward direction passing Barnham Broom and is joined by the River Tiffey before reaching Bawburgh. It then skirts the southern fringes of the city of Norwich, passing through Colney, Cringleford, Lakenham and Trowse. At Whitlingham it is joined by the River Wensum and although the Wensum is the larger and longer of the two, the river downstream of their confluence continues to be called the Yare. Flowing eastward into The Broads it passes the villages of Bramerton, Surlingham, Rockland St. Mary and Cantley. Just before Reedham at Hardley Cross (erecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slum
A slum is a highly populated Urban area, urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inhabited by impoverished people."What are slums and why do they exist?" UN-Habitat, Kenya (April 2007) Although slums are usually located in urban areas, in some countries they can be located in suburban areas where housing quality is low and living conditions are poor. While slums differ in size and other characteristics, most lack reliable sanitation services, Water supply, supply of clean water, reliable electricity, law enforcement, and other basic services. Slum residences vary from shanty town, shanty houses to pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackintosh's
Mackintosh's ( ) was a British confectionery firm founded in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was known for Mackintosh's Toffee, its toffee and the Quality Street (confectionery), Quality Street and Rolo brands. Beginnings The firm was founded by John Mackintosh (1868–1920) and his wife, Violet (née Taylor), who bought a pastry shop in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax with their joint savings of £100 in 1890, the year that they married. Violet, who had been a confectioner's assistant before her marriage, ran the shop and her husband continued to work at a cotton mill. To attract customers, they decided to sell a special toffee. Violet developed a recipe which blended the traditional, brittle English butterscotch with soft, American caramel, and they sold the toffee as Mackintosh's Toffee, Mackintosh's Celebrated Toffee. The toffee's success enabled Mackintosh to expand the business beyond Halifax by 1894. Indeed, it was so successful that it "ultimately transformed popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Norwich Hospital
Norwich Community Hospital is a healthcare facility in Bowthorpe Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England. It is managed by Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust. History The facility has its origins in the Bowthorpe Road Workhouse which was completed in 1859. An infirmary was added in around 1880 and a nurses' home (which survives as Woodlands House) was completed in 1903. It became the Bowthorpe Road Public Assistance Institution in 1930 and, although the main building was destroyed by bombing during the Baedeker Blitz of the Second World War, the hospital joined the National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ... as the West Norwich Hospital in 1948. After a programme of investment it became the Norwich Community Hospital in 2005. References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mile Cross Estate, Norwich
Mile Cross Estate is a council estate in Norwich, England. The population of the Mile Cross Ward in Norwich at the 2011 census was 10,655. Location The roughly triangular shaped estate is approximately north-west of the city centre is bounded to the east and west by A140 road, Aylsham Road and A1067 road, Drayton Road respectively and Boundary Road and A1042 road, Mile Cross Lane to the north. Mile Cross Road bisects the estate from north to south. History Mile Cross was one of the first housing estates in Norwich, and was built in the 1920s as part of the "Homes fit for heroes" scheme. It was planned on garden suburb principles by town planner Professor Adshead and involved four prominent local architects; Stanley Wearing, Augustus Frederic Scott, A F Scott, George Skipper and S J Livock. The estate was developed as a community and included infrastructure such as schools, churches, shops, pubs, community centres, allotments and public open spaces. Conservation area On 2 Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipmeadow
Shipmeadow is a village and civil parish located in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is in the East Suffolk district, east of Bungay and the same distance west of Beccles on the B1062 road. Norwich is to the north-west. At the 2011 United Kingdom census the parish had a population of 140. The parish council operates jointly with Barsham.Barsham and Shipmeadow parish council Retrieved 17 February 2021. The parishes share a village hall, but Shipmeadow has no services, with the parish church being sold for use as private housing in 1980.Barsham and Shipmeadow Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2021. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffolk
Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 758,556. After Ipswich (144,957) in the south, the largest towns are Lowestoft (73,800) in the north-east and Bury St Edmunds (40,664) in the west. Suffolk contains five Non-metropolitan district, local government districts, which are part of a two-tier non-metropolitan county administered by Suffolk County Council. The Suffolk coastline, which includes parts of the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape, is a complex habitat, formed by London Clay and Crag Group, crag underlain by chalk and therefore susceptible to erosion. It contains several deep Estuary, estuaries, including those of the rivers River Blyth, Suffolk, Blyth, River Deben, Deben, River Orwell, Orwell, River S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramerton
Bramerton is a village and civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk. Bramerton is located north-west of Loddon, Norfolk, Loddon and south-east of Norwich. History Bramerton's name is of Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a farmstead or village close to a bramble thicket. In the Domesday Book, Bramerton is recorded as a settlement of 25 households in the Hundred (county division), hundred of Henstead. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of William the Conqueror, King William I, Odo of Bayeux, Roger Bigod of Norfolk and Godric the Steward. Bramerton Hall, located on the corner of The Street and Surlingham Lane, was built in the 1830s and is also Grade II listed. There are numerous Grade II listed cottages in Bramerton. These include Orchard House (Seventeenth Century), The Grange (Seventeenth Century), Grove Farm Cottages (Seventeenth Century) and the White House (Eighteenth Century). In the 1920s, a Lychgate for S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
