- 26th March 2022
Worcestershire Young Archaeologists Club have been working on a project, Childhood Tales, as part of the From Ordinary to Extraordinary project, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund. We have been supporting them with this project and are sharing some of what their members found. This blog looks at what one member found out about the childhood of his...
- 22nd March 2022
As we move gingerly towards the spring we thought it would be interesting to look at this lovely little ‘confessions’ book in our collections (BA8229/10(vi)) to celebrate some of the things that make us happy. This book highlights some of the participants’ favourite things, such as favourite food and drink, place to live, heroes in...
- 17th March 2022
WWII memories is the focus of the next in the Childhood tales series. Some members of Worcs Young Archaeologists Club spoke to family or neighbours about their memories of being a child during the war.
- 16th March 2022
Worcestershire Young Archaeologists Club have been working on a project, Childhood Tales, as part of the From Ordinary to Extraordinary project, funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund. We have been supporting them with this project and are sharing some of what their members found. This blog looks at what members found out about Toys and Games....
- 16th March 2022
Berrow’s Worcester Journal is arguably the longest running continually published newspaper today, and many people come here to view old copies of the newspaper for all sorts of reasons. You can access copies on microfilm here going back to 1712, and we have bound volumes of the newspaper from 1712 through to the mid 19th...
- 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...