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Come to our talk tomorrow night Wed 12th Nov at 7. 30 pm - to find out about the world famous firm of HOBBIES of DEREHAM - Hobbies was an amazing firm established in 1895 that produced an incredible range of products and also had a large plant nursery. Their 1912 catalogue had over 200 pages offering everything from a camera to a plough, they became famous for their wooden fretwork kits. They were a major employer in the town, the photograph below of a military funeral during WW1 shows part of the Hobbies factory, opposite the railway station, in the background. Speaker: Adrian Vaughan. At Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Theatre Street, Dereham, NR19 2EP
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:11:04 +0000

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