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- 7th June 2016
The hammer pounded down once again bringing about a satisfying crack as more of the debris collapsed into the hole. “Stand back” someone called over the crowd, maybe with fear for their safety or just a hope for a better view. With a last final hit a large piece of the floor fell away leaving...
- 1st June 2016
It is 90 years since Britain’s only General Strike, an event referred to in a number of archive collections held here at Worcestershire Archive Service and in the local newspapers. The strike began with the coal miners before spreading to other sectors, but only lasted nine days. Within the West Mercia Police archive (BA13870),...
- 27th May 2016
What are Descriptive registers? Descriptive registers give information on a police officer’s period of service. The registers can include information on previous public service such as time with another police force or in the armed services, together with pay rates and the stations in which they worked. Details of promotions, transfers and reasons for leaving...
- 22nd April 2016
Trooper Hal Wardale King, 2577, was the son of Mr. And Mrs. J. Wardale King, of Oldswinford House, Stourbridge, Worcs. He was killed in action on 23rd April 1916, aged 21. Hal and his friend John (Jack) Preece joined Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry) in September 1914. During his service with the Yeomanry Jack...
- 4th April 2016
Popular family history website, Find my Past, is now available for free at the Hive. Find my Past contains four billion names including parish registers, military records, school records, census and directories, all of which are useful sources of information for tracing your family history. For the first time, researchers will be able to use...
- 30th March 2016
Conservation work has begun on a series of volumes relating to Police records of Worcestershire. Thanks to a grant from the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, conservation work will be undertaken on approximately 70 volumes that are currently in a ‘Poor’ or ‘Unusable’ condition. The West Mercia Police Authority archive includes the administrative and operational records...
- 21st March 2016
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service staff are currently engaged in a 15 month joint project with Shropshire Archives to make available the archives of West Mercia Police deposited with them. Some of the work involves sorting, assessing and listing material transferred from the Police Headquarters at Hindlip. Other work involves retroconverting or enhancing lists and...
- 19th March 2016
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service have acquired the Commission of Array for Worcester City, 14 September 1642. The significant piece of local history was kindly bought for the county by the Victoria & Albert Museum, Friends of the National Libraries and Worcester City Council. Dr Adrian Gregson with the Commission of Array The Commission of...
- 11th March 2016
The Mayor of Worcester, Cllr Roger Knight, and Cllr Lucy Hodgson, County Cabinet member with responsibility for Localism & Communities, visited the Archive and Archaeology Service today to look at Worcester’s City Charters. The charters, previously held at the Guildhall, were moved to The Hive for us to look after, joining the rest of the Worcester City Archives....
- 28th January 2016
Today we are looking at the artistic efforts of a 17th C Worcestershire man. He found the most ordinary document a medium for expressing his creativity. A highly decorated page in the St Mary’s, Kidderminster parish register As family history researchers will know parish registers are a mine of information recording baptisms, marriages and burials. ...