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Forty years ago, on the 5th of July 1983 the Redditch Development Corporation invited Queen Elizabeth II to visit Redditch to open the Kingfisher Shopping Centre and the Forge Mill National Needle Museum. She would meet civic leaders and local representatives as she walked through the town centre and ate at the Town Hall, before...

We have a wonderful collection which provides a beautiful insight into the working life of Queen Elizabeth II. Collected by Florence Bramford from Newington Green near Upton-upon-Severn who became a ladies’ maid to several ladies-in-waiting to the Queen, the Queen Mother and her sister Princess Margaret. Florence’s archive Florence’s paperwork is now held at the...

The Queen visited Worcester in 1980 to present Maundy Money as part of the traditional Maundy Thursday service. This visit is well remembered by local people.

We look back to The Queen's visit to Worcestershire in 1957. Within the archives we have two boxes of documents and correspondence from the Lord Lieutenant about the arrangements, telling the story behind organising a Royal Visit.

For the Platinum Jubilee we have created a display in The Hive featuring The Queen's visits to Worcestershire over the years. We are also sharing the photos here on our website.