Archive

An ordinary day in the archives… there’s no such thing! Find out more about how we spend our time…. There’s no such thing as an ordinary day in the archives…every day is different, and that’s part of the reason why I love working in archives.   Today, for example, I’ve been on duty at The Hive. ...

As today’s theme is #archiveanimals this blog will look briefly at the history of the animals in our homes, our pets, and the special place they have held in our hearts for centuries through some of our documents here at the Hive. As today’s theme is #archiveanimals this blog will look briefly at the history...

School log books can provide the researcher with information on the day-to day running of a local school but also how national events affected school life. Here we explore some of the varied information that be found in our collections. As anyone will know, who has tried to find out about the life of the...

It is unusual to find information on a naval career in our archives. Here we discover something more about the life of Charles Dixon, whose naval career appears to have begun in the 1770s. The Foley Scrapbooks which are part of the Palfrey Collection have always been one of my favourite archives. And no matter...

Have you ever wondered what happens to the boxes, files, books, photographs, maps etc. after you have dropped them off   with a member of the archive team?   Do you feel a pang as those items that have cluttered up your attics and hallways for years disappear behind the door, wheeled off on a trolley...

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, at The Hive, is hosting the English launch of the 2018 Explore Your Archive campaign on Saturday, 24th November. Join us for a day of FREE activities to discover the wonders held within our collections.     Explore Your Archive is a year-long campaign which aims to celebrate the unique...

This is the seventeenth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists FWB ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles collection. If you want to explore the High Street yourself we have downloadable trail...

  All analysis of the Cathedral Square excavation is now finished and a report has been produced. As the report is very long and technical, we thought we’d summarise our results here too. The Dig Lich Street blog is also still available. In 2015, an archaeological dig took place prior to the Cathedral Square redevelopment....

This is the sixteenth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists FWB ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection. In this post we will be looking at the life and work...

This is the twelfth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists F.W.B ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection.   This blog explores a survey, undertaken by Freddie Charles, as part...