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  • 15th August 2015
Remembering V J Day

For many World War II ended with VE Day in May 1945.  For others, such as the 2nd and 7th Battalions of the Worcestershire Regiment serving out in the Far East, the War would not be over until August 1945.  After some days of rumour and speculation the news broke that the Japanese had finally...

  • 13th August 2015
Come and visit the My Worcester Pop-Up Museum at Reindeer Court

Sarah, the Skills for the Future trainee based at Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, is involved with the other trainees to create a pop-up museum. My Worcester will be a one of a kind pop-up museum celebrating the city’s heritage.  It includes an exhibition and the opportunity to get hands-on with real objects a chance...

  • 11th August 2015
Summer Reading Challenge: The Big Stuff Activity Day at The Hive

What’s the biggest document in the archives? What’s the longest? the oldest? These were some of the questions that we had to find the answers to when we offered to take part in The Big Stuff Activity Day at the Hive as part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. We also set ourselves the challenge...

  • 10th August 2015
My Worcester Pop up Museum – meeting the Worcester Belles WI

Sarah is our Skills for the Future trainee on a 15 month placement here at Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service.  She is currently working on a joint project with her fellow trainees. This is a pop-up museum which will be open as part of the Worcester Festival to publicise the collections of Worcester’s museums, archives and historic...

  • 30th July 2015
Gilbert Talbot and Toc House

One of the most frequently visited graves in Sanctuary Wood British Cemetery is that of Lieutenant Gilbert Talbot.  Gilbert served with the 7th Rifle Brigade and was killed at Hooge (Ypres Salient) 100 years ago, leading his men during a counter attack.  Gilbert Talbot his life in brief Picture of Gilbert Talbot from his mother’s...

  • 16th July 2015
Training by the trainee

Sarah is our Skills for the Future trainee on a 15 month placement here at Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service.  We introduced Sarah back in December 2014, and in April she blogged about the Infirmary Workshop she was creating, which went really well – but what else has she been up to? This has been an...

  • 13th July 2015
Explore The Past: Bromsgrove, People & Places

The Sound Domes on Level 2 at The Hive contain clips of oral history interviews, edited by Julia Letts, that are activated to play out when people walk underneath them. The Domes have recently been updated to include new excerpts from interviews about Bromsgrove. As part of the District Council’s Townscape Heritage Initiative, Worcestershire Archive and...

  • 7th July 2015
Now booking: Behind the Scenes tours at Explore the Past

Late 16th Century German stoneware jar The annual Festival of British Archaeology is about to start, and as part of this we are offering another of our Behind the Scenes tours here at Explore the Past, where you will be able to go into our Finds Room and handle a selection of artefacts discovered in the...

  • 3rd July 2015
Stray gnashers in the archives

Today we bring you another post inspired by the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. A story which has been picked up elsewhere is the somewhat grisly one about ‘Waterloo teeth’, which serves as a stark reminder of just how far we have come with dental practices today. The story goes that in response to...

  • 30th June 2015
Henry Martin and the Battle of Waterloo

Following on from our previous post about the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo we have come across a letter at the Hive from a soldier who was at the battle. Local man Henry Martin was an officer with the 2nd Battalion 44th Regiment of Foot (East Essex) and seems to have served in...