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Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

Exploring Worcestershire's past

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

Exploring Worcestershire's past

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

Exploring Worcestershire's past

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

Exploring Worcestershire's past

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

Exploring Worcestershire's past

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

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  • 17th July 2026
Wonderful Worcestershire architecture

This month, the Explore Your Archive campaign is #EYAarchitecture, so we thought that it was a great time to focus on some of our marvellous collections. Whether its timber framed buildings, New Towns,  churches, public buildings or stories of the architects themselves, we have something to interest you. Conserving timber framed buildings Freddie Charles (1912-2002)...

  • 8th July 2026
The Silver Screen at The Scala: A History of The Scala Cinema, Worcester

With the upcoming opening of the new Scala Worcester Arts Centre, Worcestershire Archives and Archaeology Service takes a delve into the history of this historic Worcester building. The building we now see on Angel Place was built in 1922 and officially opened on the 27th November 1922. A December 1922 edition of The Worcester Herald...

  • 19th May 2026
A lovely little limerick

For National Limerick Day, we would like to highlight perhaps our tiniest archive. It is National Limerick Day this month because it’s the 214th birthday of Edward Lear. He was the English artist, author and poet who popularised limericks in his 1846 Book of Nonsense published for children. With this in mind, we took a...