- 26th April 2013
We are once again running our popular guided archaeology walks. Six different walks, starting Sunday 12th May, will take you to different locations explaining about the archaeology of the local area. Walks cost £6 each. To book a place please send a cheque for £6 (payable to Worcestershire County Council) to Hive Admin, The Hive,...
- 26th April 2013
On the morning of Friday 26 April our Historic Environment Planning Office, will be starting monthly drop in sessions. These will be talk through how the historic environment could affect planning applications you may be thinking about. The historic environment is a material consideration in determining planning applications, and many developers are still unclear as...
- 10th April 2013
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Museums + Heritage Awards for 2013! Our Touch History table has been shortlisted for the Innovations category of the Awards, which will take place on 15th May. The Touch History table can be found on level 2 at The Hive and is freely available...
- 27th March 2013
Wednesday evenings 7:30-9:30 24 April – 29 May At the end of April we will running a series on six talks in which our archaeologists will help you discover the story of the Romans in our county. It will start with the excavation on the site of The Hive, where the series takes place, which...
- 22nd March 2013
On Wed 3rd April author Pauline Conolly will be talking about her newly published book, The Water Doctor’s Daughters, about a true event in Victorian Malvern. This was partly researched through the resources of Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service “A true story of injustice, ignorance and misguided religious zeal. In 1852, Great Malvern water-cure practitioner...
- 7th March 2013
To celebrate World Book Day we thought that we would ask a few of our staff for their recommendations from our local studies collections…. Carol suggests ‘Heads and Tales – A History of Badsey Schools’. This book is a well researched and well written local history book. She feels that it is a good model...
- 25th February 2013
On Wed 6th March we will be providing a free introduction to archaeology resources available in The Hive. Whilst these were previously available in our office at the University, they are now far easier to access but home in The Hive. We have seen a big rise in visitors and many of them are pleasantly...
- 19th February 2013
We are about the start running our popular series of Ancestry website workshops. We have run these at Worcestershire History Centre over the past 7 years. The workshops have enabled many people to start using this website and have allowed those already familiar with the site to really get the most out of it. This website, an important...
- 18th February 2013
Do you struggle to find the time to visit your local library? Do you love reading but prefer to use e-books on your phone or tablet, rather than carrying around volumes? Sign up online and you will be able to access eBooks, eAudio Books and soon even eMagazines – all for free! Joining the library...
- 6th February 2013
Last month a member of our team, Margaret Tohill, celebrating the milestone of working for our service for 30 years! Maggie has witnessed many changes over the years so we caught up with her to ask a few questions about her experiences so far… Maggie (far right) in her early years at Worcestershire Record Office What...