Water, Mills & Marshes

Tim and Geli Harris live at Catfield Hall and are in a continuing battle to preserve the unique wildlife of Catfield Fen, which has been described

Ivor has worked in the Broads boatbuilding industry. He talks about building wooden boats and using his skills to volunteer at the Museum of the

After travelling the world with the Merchant Navy Tony started to work as a river inspector on the Norfolk Broads. He talks about his long

Mark worked as a River Inspector for the Port and Haven Commissioners and the Broads Authority. He talks about the day-to-day life on the river.

Tim talks to us about being a sailor in World War Two, a farmer in Suffolk and becoming a river inspector on the Yare and

Ivan shares his memories of his time as a coypu trapper for Coypu Control on the East Anglian marshes. He details some background on coypu,

Archie was born in London and his family moved to Norfolk when he was a child. He talks about his childhood and later life on

Jennie started working for the Coypu Research Laboratory in 1979, she was one of three trappers and the only lady. She tells us about working

Gerry’s early working life in the Royal Navy and his second career as a river inspector were bridged by his post as master of Carrow

Paul has spent most of his working life working on the Broads, building and fitting out boats, including working on world speed record holding boats.