- 17th October 2014
This week’s Treasures have been chosen by Robin Whittaker – our former Archives Manager from our days as Worcestershire Record Office, based at the County Hall branch on Spetchley Road. Although he is now retired, Robin still frequents our Original Archive Area at The Hive, both as a volunteer and as a private researcher. Here, Robin tells...
- 10th October 2014
Our popular annual Archaeology Dayschool will take place on Saturday 15th November. Once again there will be a full programme of talks from our staff and guest speaker, covering a range of archaeological topics. Many of these are current or recent projects so you can find out about some of the latest research. Topics covered...
- 10th October 2014
This week’s Treasure has been chosen by Justin Hughes, Project Officer, who has been working alongside VAMOS Theatre: WAAS has recently been working again with VAMOS Theatre. During the first week of the Hive’s opening, in July 2012, the Worcester-based mask theatre performed ‘Offal Tales’, the story of twins Elsie and Josie who lived in...
- 8th October 2014
It isn’t very often that an in situ pot turns up at the office for excavation in the lab, and it isn’t every day that you find archaeological evidence for the use of honey in the past, but that’s what happened with this pot… Showing pot in situ, you can just make out the outline...
- 1st October 2014
If you go into the new creative learning quarter of the Heart of Worcestershire College’s new campus, just by The Hive, you’ll see the local history of the site marked in a number of ways. We’ve been working with the college over the summer to incorporate the history of the local area in the design of the interior. The...
- 30th September 2014
In the course of cataloguing a collection there will be items which are found to be in poor condition and require some conservation work. Some of the work will be minor such as fixing tears, removing sellotape or protecting the item with secondary packaging such as a custom made wrapper. Other items may need more...
- 26th September 2014
This week’s Treasure has been chosen by Julia Pincott, Archive Assistant, who shows us how she managed to solve a puzzle in her family history by using sales particulars. Julia tells us more: One of the many problems facing family historians is how to find the exact location of a property listed on a census...
- 18th September 2014
“Who lives in a house like this?” was the question in Through the Keyhole, but a similar question is also asked by many people who wonder about the history of their house. On Saturday 4th October we’ll be re-running a popular workshop to help guide you in how to trace the history of a house...
- 18th September 2014
At Worcestershire Archive Service September and October traditionally sees an increase in people coming in and asking staff for advice on how to begin tracing their family history. Therefore we are running our workshops again to help you make a start, or to help you get the most out of the resources we hold. Many...
- 12th September 2014
This week’s ‘Treasure’ has been chosen by Justin Hughes, Project Officer, Outreach; with the second in a series of the stories we have recorded from our oral history projects which are available for loan or purchase at the Hive. This week he describes ‘Bromsgrove People & Places’: WAAS has been commissioned by Bromsgrove District Council...