Archive

Part 2 of our look at the Mayflower focuses on the voyage and the arrival on the other side of the Atlantic, with the experience of Worcestershire's Edward Winslow.

Last year was the 400th Anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. There were Worcestershire connections, through the Winslow family of Droitwich, and we take a look at what we know about them through the archives.

There is a popular image of 19thcentury blacksmithing as an all-male occupation; few would picture young women, juggling their families and businesses to survive as a smith.   We know women had all the strength and skill needed to be metal workers, locally many were nail makers and chain makers, but apprenticeship records show girls...

New vehicle registration numbers released today. Until 1974 they were issued locally so we regularly enquiries about the original registers. We recently received one relating to a tractor, and is linked to a garage in Evesham called Coulter’s.