Flint Wall—Bridewell. 
The Museum is divided into sections which show- as 
far as possible the past history and present products of 
each industry. The first illustrates building materials 
in which Norfolk is not rich, but the small sections of wall 
show the use which has been made of natural resources. 
The random and knapped flint walls (peculiar to East 
Anglia), the pebble wall as seen in North Norfolk, the 
wattle and daub wall, the mediaeval and modern brick wall, 
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the clay lump and half timber construction, all show 
common types, and the same idea has been carried out in 
the matter of roofs, thatch, tile, etc. The samples of 
interior carved woodwork and modern plaster work show 
the rich use which can be made of both these materials. 
Photographs of old methods of working clay for bricks 
and tiles make an interesting study, as do the specimens of 
materials, etc. 
In the next room, Transport by water, road, rail and 
air is shown and a model of the first aeroplane built in 
Norwich will arouse interest. The Yarmouth Trolly cart 
was specially designed for carrying produce through the 
narrow Yarmouth rows, and the same may be said of the 
types of carriages built in Norwich during last century. 
Worthy of notice is a large slate notice board setting 
forth all the regulations relating to passengers, etc., when 
the Norwich railroad was first opened in 1844. Norfolk 
people may well be proud of the part played by the County 
in the furtherance of life-saving. It was at Yarmouth that 
the first apparatus for rescuing sailors from wrecked 
vessels was used, and Captain G. W. Manby’s models of 
this appliance and many other of his inventions are shown. 
The oil paintings by Joy, a local artist, illustrate the manner 
in which the apparatus was used. 
Norwich Ironwork is famous in many ways, and the 
large illustration of the gates at Sandringham shows the 
artistic use which may be made of it. The manufacture of 
wire-netting calls to mind the use made of this material 
during the war for making roads for the transport of our 
troops across the deserts in Egypt and Palestine. A 
special interest attaches to this industry, as it was in Norwich 
that the material was invented and first manufactured, 
the original loom constructed about 18 5 5 being on 
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