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Talks on Worcestershire Treasures, Worcester Royal Porcelain, @NTGreyfriars & Worcester News archives are part of heritage day at The Hive on Saturday. To be sure of a place you can book beforehand see https://t.co/y1UDb9K82K for details

We come across many different styles of #handwriting in our collections... from the elaborate, intricate or neat... to the downright messy! We have 900 years of archives here, & there are numerous different styles over the years!
#HandwritingDay

#DragonAppreciationDay is another excuse to share some of the amazing dragons within our collections. This regal dragon proudly sits at the top of a document from Edward VI

#DragonAppreciationDay is another excuse to share some of the amazing dragons within our collections. This regal dragon proudly sits at the top of a document from Edward VI

In 1917 Vesta Tilley (Worcester born Music Hall star) gave a Grafonola (record player) and records of her singing, as a Christmas present to a Military Hospital. They sent this letter of thanks to her, which we kept in her scrapbook
#ArchiveAdventCalendar #Presents

Maps make it possible to bring the history of an area to life. Tithe, Enclosure & Estate maps & #Plans are popular @ExploreThePast for tracing the history of houses; mapping boundary changes & observing land use change over time https://t.co/FXyemU4ilO #Plans #ExploreYourArchive

A photo of St John the Baptist, Claines, on the feast day of St John the Baptist. The old photo is from the Whinfield collection of glass slides (he was organist here). The other was taken today from a visit we did to discuss a potential heritage project

We have thousands of amazing maps in our collections. How can you know what we have? We have a map index which can be searched online, so you can find out what maps we have of your town/village & then come in & see them when we reopen https://t.co/NRIUpOWn61

Just up from our usual home in @TheHiveWorcs is the Five Ways Junction, & the former Five Ways Hotel (now @FranciniCafe). Angie looked into the history of this site through the documents in the archives (thanks to @WorCityHeritage for the photo)
https://t.co/c1EfQPVfqr

A couple of dragons for #StGeorgesDay. A 2 legged dragon, Wyvern, on a medieval tile uncovered at The Commandery on a community dig, & another as part of the decoration of an Edward VI document, linked to the royal coat of arms.