George Plunkett
By Peter Steward
Few people have been as successful in recording the changing face of Norwich and Norfolk as photographer George Plunkett.
George was born in Norwich and from 1931 until 2006 put together a comprehensive photographic survey of his home city and further afield. George was educated at Avenue Road School and the City of Norwich School. He started work in the Norwich Public Health Department in March 1929 and served in the RAF in the Second World War from January 1941 to February 1946.
After the war he returned to work and met his future wife, Margaret. The couple had two sons - Philip and Jonathan. After retiring from the health department, George was employed by Norwich Union before officially retiring in 1978 at the age of 65. In today’s age of point and click digital cameras it is all too easy to forget the skill needed to shoot and develop film in the past.
George started photographing Norwich in 1931 with a box camera. This he replaced the following year with an Ensign Carbine Number 7 which he used for the remainder of his photographic career. His complete collection of images of Norwich, Norfolk and even further afield have been made available on the internet.
By Peter Steward
Few people have been as successful in recording the changing face of Norwich and Norfolk as photographer George Plunkett.
George was born in Norwich and from 1931 until 2006 put together a comprehensive photographic survey of his home city and further afield. George was educated at Avenue Road School and the City of Norwich School. He started work in the Norwich Public Health Department in March 1929 and served in the RAF in the Second World War from January 1941 to February 1946.
After the war he returned to work and met his future wife, Margaret. The couple had two sons - Philip and Jonathan. After retiring from the health department, George was employed by Norwich Union before officially retiring in 1978 at the age of 65. In today’s age of point and click digital cameras it is all too easy to forget the skill needed to shoot and develop film in the past.
George started photographing Norwich in 1931 with a box camera. This he replaced the following year with an Ensign Carbine Number 7 which he used for the remainder of his photographic career. His complete collection of images of Norwich, Norfolk and even further afield have been made available on the internet.