- 15th March 2022
Worcestershire Young Archaeologists Club has been running for 18 years, providing archaeological and historical activities for 8-16 years old. It is supported by Worcestershire Archive and Archeology Service, and we encourage it and members have staff have been leaders or have helped run specific events. Over the next few days we are sharing about a...
- 11th March 2022
Women have often been described as “Hidden from history”. In the past historians have focused on major national events and the men behind them, with women only being mentioned in terms of their relationship to these men. It has been presumed that the Victorian ideal of ‘The Angel of the home’ prevailed, and a female...
- 10th March 2022
We have been approached about running some skills-expanding training courses on an introduction to, and using, GIS (Geographic Information System). This is the first of the courses – An Introduction to GIS which will run Sat 26 March 10am to approximately 1:15pm. We will be covering the following topics: Overview: What is GIS? Glossary of terms, acronyms,...
- 24th February 2022
The Worcestershire Absent Voter lists have now been transcribed by our wonderful team of volunteers. Hazel, Hazel, Jennifer, and Luke have worked for many years to complete this task for us, including from home during lockdown. Part of the electoral registers, these lists are an invaluable research tool, and can now be made more widely...
- 21st February 2022
Worcestershire has a long tradition of newspapers, with arguably the world oldest newspaper in current and continuous production – Berrow’s Worcester Journal. The British Library has a new exhibition, Breaking The News, which is being currently shown in The Hive, and will tour around Libraries. To go alongside this we have created a display highlighting...
- 19th February 2022
The Railway Viaduct is a prominent landmark in Worcester, with 65 arches going from Foregate Street Station to the bridge which crosses the River Severn. With the transformation of these into cultural and arts venues we were asked by the Worcester News to look as the the history of them last year using the archives....
- 14th February 2022
A Valentines letter written to ‘Miss Dance’ found in the archives reveals a glimpse of a love story in the nineteenth century. A ‘bright’, ‘fair’, ‘kind’ young lady, with ‘hazel’ hair and eyes, Miss Dance apparently attended Mrs Dunn’s party where she sat beside her Valentine at supper. While others played card games, Miss...
- 13th February 2022
Local radio has had a big role in Worcestershire the past 40 years, and on World Radio Day we look at some of our connections. It also coincides with ‘The Breaking the News’ exhibition in The Hive’s Atrium featuring a national exhibition from the British Library, with a local display we’ve produced which includes local...
- 2nd February 2022
Have you ever wondered what archivists have to do when they come across a locked record? We share our experience of opening one of these locks.
- 28th January 2022
Prehistoric wood is archaeological gold dust. So, what do you call Worcestershire’s first Iron Age wooden trackway and a whole wetland landscape? Exceptional. This is not an archaeologist’s dream, but a site excavated for Worcester Six Business Park. Despite the unassuming location (alongside Junction 6 of the M5), in 2019 we uncovered human activity around...