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Posts from September 2021


  • 14th September 2021
Women of Iron

There is a popular image of 19thcentury blacksmithing as an all-male occupation; few would picture young women, juggling their families and businesses to survive as a smith.   We know women had all the strength and skill needed to be metal workers, locally many were nail makers and chain makers, but apprenticeship records show girls...

  • 1st September 2021
Vehicle Licences at Coulter’s of Evesham

New vehicle registration numbers released today. Until 1974 they were issued locally so we regularly enquiries about the original registers. We recently received one relating to a tractor, and is linked to a garage in Evesham called Coulter’s.