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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
🌟 Dig opportunity THIS weekend 🌟
Spaces are available on Badsey's Big Dig 21-22 May. No experience needed, just enthusiasm for having a go at archaeology! Info on this community dig ➡️ https://t.co/OV5G0ZiUp8
Signup ✉️ explorethepast@worcestershire.gov.uk #WorcestershireHour
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
It's #WorldLionDay & here's The Golden Lion on Worcester High St, now @CostaCoffee. It's an amazing timber framed building & is included in a walking trail of Worcester. Download here https://t.co/mQ1MzD7McE or pick up leaflet from @WorcesterTIC
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