A panel which recommends how much Norfolk county councillors should get in allowances has drawn attention to the rising number getting special payments.
Norfolk s county archivist Gary Tuson. Picture: Ian Burt
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The Norfolk archive is fast running out of space and an expansion is required before it “becomes difficult to close the storeroom doors”, councillors have heard.
The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) on Martineau Lane, Norwich, opened in 2003, with space for 15-years of use.
Chief archivist Gary Tuson told a meeting of the Norfolk Records Committee this was a long-standing issue and there needed to be a solution for the 21st century.
Baptism records of Lady Diana Spencer at the Norfolk Records Office
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He said: “We have done a lot of work in redesigning the space we use. We have done a lot of work around the building to make the most efficient and best use of space.”