All the original NR23 pages are still online
Alternative NR23
Free Festivals, Free Parties and Squat Raves
Most of my life has been pretty conventional sadly, I had always worked full time, bought a house, paid into a pension scheme and all that. But everyone has free time and just going up the pub and watching TV left me cold. Out there was a much more interesting way to have fun.
Stuff that’s happened to Norwich
Ministry of defence germ warfare tests of 1964
The Penetration of built-up areas by Aerosols at night – Porton Down Public Area Biological Warfare Experiments on Norwich. A factual account of MoD a germ warfare study by Mike Kenner, 2008.
The study was carried our to see how substances sprayed form aircraft would spread across the city, a supposedly inert substance was used, but of course, it was all done in secret.
The great Magdalen Street Massacre
Magdalen Street in the north of the city was once full of ancient buildings, but it was a very poor area and the people lived in overcrowded houses, close to poverty. In the 1960’s the whole area was flattened to allow for the building of the inner ring road and the brutalist Anglia Square shopping scheme.
These pages were made in 2005, Anglia Square was finally demolished in 2016
COVID – Lockdown Norwich
In 2020 the COVID epidemic meant the country – and indeed much of the world – went into lockdown. Everything apart from essential shops were closed and the population were confined to their houses.
However we were allowed to ride bikes for exercise, so I made maximum use of the opportunity to see Norwich as a ghost city, an almost post apocalyptic scene of empty streets.
I was talked into recording the ancient routes into Norwich, mostly leading to the cathedral by my late friend Jack Girling. These videos are the result. This section was originally called “Jack’s Norwich” for that reason.
Survival
The DIY guide to saving lives
Sometimes you’ll see people injuring themselves and, like it or not, the first person on the scene can sometimes be the only hope the casualty has of survival. Not only that, but that first person on the scene just turns out to be you. If that happens, this section is all about what you should do. So it’s a good idea to read it now, before you need it!