{"id":15366,"date":"2025-08-29T10:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/?p=15366"},"modified":"2025-08-29T10:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:22:53","slug":"farewell-to-nyree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/farewell-to-nyree\/","title":{"rendered":"A fond farewell to Nyree!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/ShoeboxCIC_-250128_-021-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/ShoeboxCIC_-250128_-021-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/ShoeboxCIC_-250128_-021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/ShoeboxCIC_-250128_-021-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/ShoeboxCIC_-250128_-021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/ShoeboxCIC_-250128_-021-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/ShoeboxCIC_-250128_-021-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/ShoeboxCIC_-250128_-021-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nyree running The Hidden Street Tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Holly<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we\u2019re saying goodbye to our wonderful colleague Nyree. Over her time with us, she\u2019s brought so much to the team &#8211; from her energy and creativity, to her dedication and flair for storytelling. Whether it\u2019s been working behind the scenes on projects or bringing history to life on our tours, Nyree has truly left her mark here at The Shoebox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll miss her greatly, but we\u2019re also excited to watch her next chapter unfold. She leaves us on the very best of terms, and we can\u2019t wait to see the brilliant things she goes on to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of her farewell, Nyree has shared a piece of writing. Inspired by the real stories of The Hidden Street, her blog imagines the life of Susan Green, the widow who once ran the lodging (doss) house beneath our feet. You may have heard the history from our tour guides but there are a few gaps and we love to create stories to fill them when we aren&#8217;t delivering the real history to you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100403-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100403-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100403-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100403-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100403-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100403-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100403.jpg 1454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nyree, Helen, Connie and Holly on a tea break.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Nyree<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Shoebox is no ordinary organisation. I should\u2019ve guessed that from their application process, which found me spitting historical facts at the top of my lungs on a wind-beaten Welsh hillside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m an Actor, Writer and Singer-Songwriter away from my work as an Experience Host, so my creative energy has always gone into searching for where the story is and presenting that to people in a way that feels tangible and exciting. I aim to create worlds that people can recognise themselves in, and make them feel as if they\u2019ve really been connected with. The Shoebox has let me do all that on a weekly basis and more; it opened a door into the past, giving me a wealth of spell-binding stories to connect to, make my own and share with others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m sure I\u2019ve learned as much from some of the brilliant tour-goers I\u2019ve interacted with as they have from me, and I love that I curated an atmosphere which made guests feel they could share how the space was impacting on them. It\u2019s been a pleasure connecting with you, the people who ended up on my tours. If you\u2019re reading this, you\u2019ve been a joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my last blog at The Shoebox I\u2019ve decided to write my own story based on the street, it\u2019s seedy reputation and our very own entrepreneuring, morally questionable 19th Century doss-house madam: Susan Green.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the Shoebox building on Castle Meadow belonged to the Shoebox, it belonged to James Pond and he set up a shoe shop in the space. Before <em>that<\/em>, it belonged to Susan Green (we\u2019re talking pre-1861). We know Susan Green used it as a lodging house and was a widow. We also know that she rented out one of her rooms to the warden of the County Jail i.e. the castle, as the castle was being used as a jail from 1345 until the late 1800s!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve always been fascinated by her story. What did it mean to be a widow in those days? What was it like, as a woman, to own a lodging house in a ditch, in a street of the worst kind of repute? What kind of woman would rent out a room to the warden of a jail, bearing in mind the kind of things he might have been seeing and doing over there?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deploying some of the rich, lilting Norfolk dialect I\u2019ve heard smattered across my tours over the last two years, I\u2019ve written an interpretation of what Susan\u2019s inner monologue would sound like on the eve of- shall we say- a rather momentous occasion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy! x&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100518-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100518-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100518-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100518-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100518-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100518-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100518-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.theshoebox.org.uk\/the-shoebox-experiences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250829100518.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nyree leading The Chronicles of Christmas Tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Susan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There that\u2019s it, sit nice and quiet now and scrub away before the hordes descend on the morrer. But Lord my hands complain, raw-red with carbolic they are. And not a mite o\u2019difference do it make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s not as if he cares. Not as if he cares if he goes in clothed in nought but rags. But it\u2019s the idare of it, of them people locked up there all filthy-like looking at him and thinking he en\u2019t no different. And it\u2019d get back to <em>my<\/em> establishment see? I know it would somehow, even prisoners has families. I en\u2019t got much but it brings the money in s\u2019long as I keep things of a standard as they always has been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all has to make a livin, and it so happens he makes his lookin after the jail. No use denyin it. There\u2019s people as\u2019d rather ignore the thing were there, people as\u2019d rather pretend it were a castle as it were designed to be.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is decidedly odd how fortunes change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That jail up there was once a castle and now it do hold people inside who\u2019s committed crimes the like o\u2019which\u2019d make you shiver.&nbsp; But it is what it is and he does what he does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh\u2026and it has made a difference look. That has changed the colour o\u2019that stain, from that dark red it were when he handed it over.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He did look at you funny that one time, oh yes he did. Steel in his eye that one time. Askin questions you had no business askin Susan old girl. You are a wicked woman, wantin to know what became of someone to stain all his clothes the way it did. Oh but that were a mess. Coulder been marked as an accessory with yer snoop\u2019s nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I dun\u2019t think so. Not like there\u2019s anyone as\u2019d care if one o\u2019them up there went missin. It might be it\u2019d be a blessing to folk. It might be it\u2019d be a blessing to the one what were killed! I should think it\u2019s packed enough and \u2018orrible enough in there- and even with us getting rid of\u2018em on ships.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, you did do right putting that jailer up. He en\u2019t no trouble, keeps hisself to hisself. And whilst he might be an odd sorta character, as you did think on first meetin him after John died Godblesshissoul, I\u2019ll bet that man knows his way round a fight. That he will. And as the street\u2019s gone to the dogs I suppose he could be useful to yer. And a good job that front winder\u2019s covered in grime too&#8230; Can\u2019t no-one see yer to get at yer through that dirty winder and the nets alongside. But now there en\u2019t no use getting away on your nervy flights of fancy on your own down hare, no use at all, none, none at all old girl.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never no use imagining what mighta been. Never no use. What is, is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What bloody is: is him turning round in his grave thinking of the jailer livin in his home with his sweetheart- is the worms at his flesh and his body rotting and the wooden box suffocating- and him thinking he shouldn\u2019t have had wood but cardboard to save the money! But I- I couldn\u2019t\u2019a stood for knowin he wasn\u2019t respectable down there. I could not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And all, <em>all<\/em> of it happening in this house. Wipin his brow and holdin the pot and cleanin the shit, and him all the time with the shame in his eyes \u2018till he didn\u2019t have the energy fer shame. And then suddenly he didn\u2019t have no energy for life and all- and it getting fainter and fainter- Oh and it were cruel. Cruel for him to have that burst o\u2019clarity what made him seem his old self, only to jest up and die the very next hour. I can\u2019t stop thinkin on it! And I can\u2019t help but <em>make<\/em> myself think on&nbsp; it, \u2018cause I can\u2019t forget it, I won\u2019t forget it- it\u2019d be disrespectful to him somehow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there\u2019s hundreds lost husbands. Hundreds, it en\u2019t nothin new. Men is dying every day and worse than what you had. You\u2019re not the only widder in the city!\u2026But there is them widders that would have you think the flesh is of no matter- and I do think they are wrong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s with God- his soul\u2019s with the Lord! <em>He\u2019s<\/em> <em>in a better place<\/em>&#8211; they say!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well I dun\u2019t care about all of that. Though I do Lord, I do care that he\u2019s in Heaven, but the best place he could be is by my side. Where he belongs. Surely it is.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s enough of that now. Everyone dies. Upsetting yourself over nothing. You\u2019ll ruin your face with tares. Dun\u2019t do no good for aging, does tares. Dun\u2019t do no good for respectability and all. And this will be a respectable establishment even with him in the ground.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I should say that stain has faded to a rust brown. A manageable rust brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord my hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be a <em>respectable<\/em> day on the morrer! Now think on it, old girl, what\u2019s your competition? The Bell will have its rooms booked and that\u2019s a fact. You dun\u2019t have the space for cock fights down hare though, and that\u2019s the main draw for the Bell I should think. And what a cleaning operation. Blood and feathers and worse. No there en\u2019t no point tryin to copy\u2018em when they\u2019ve cornered that market. And your bein a woman mightn\u2019t go down too well- a woman running a cock fight? When did you hare of it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026But what market is that though? Who is The Bell patrons? Bloodthirsty folk? Drunken folk I should think. Gentles above the mob on the claret and poor-folk in the mob on the steal. And I\u2019ll be damned if most folk in the city don\u2019t fall into one of those brackets. And they have got a bloody good view and all. But you yourself have a very prominent viewing platform Susan! So don\u2019t be so down on yerself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There mightn\u2019t be much for the women at The Bell. And there mightn\u2019t be much for the shy ones neither, the noble lot like\u2026but down hare in the ditch you are a modest distance away, you can get a bloody good view but you are able to reflect quite respectably on what you\u2019re seein up there. Not quite eye to eye with him what\u2019s bein hanged\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA Respectable Hangin Day\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. That\u2019s what it\u2019ll be. Green\u2019s Lodgings shall offer a Respectable Hangin Day. There wun\u2019t be no fights, no drinkin, no debauchery. Jest a place where one can think about the moral seriousness of what god-awful crime has been committed, and be right-thankful one en\u2019t been tempted down the path of moral degradation oneself. A sip-yer-tea and \u2018av a glance over at the proceedings if you do so fancy kind of affair. That ole jailer can be plonked in the middle of\u2019em and all! Oh and it\u2019d be jest perfect. He hardly says a word so he\u2019d never shock the patrons, he\u2019d jest be there addin a sense of occasion to the day!&#8230;Though if he were willin to tell a nice, <em>decently <\/em>bloody story or two in the right ear I suppose I could charge for that and all\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt en\u2019t about <em>bloodthirstiness<\/em> hare in Green\u2019s Lodgings, no, no, it is about <em>Justice <\/em>and right good <em>Moralness.<\/em> Mosey on down to Green\u2019s for A Respectable Hanging Day\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you best find a way to make that crap sound right convincin cemin out yer mouth and all.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scrubbin always do set you to thinkin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I\u2019d say that stain has gone and come right out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Holly Today, we\u2019re saying goodbye to our wonderful colleague Nyree. 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