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- 27th November 2021
Our archaeologists have archives, as well as our Record Office side of the service. Kerry, our Archaeological Archivist, explains what she does, what archaeological archives and why they are so important.
- 6th February 2013
Last month a member of our team, Margaret Tohill, celebrating the milestone of working for our service for 30 years! Maggie has witnessed many changes over the years so we caught up with her to ask a few questions about her experiences so far… Maggie (far right) in her early years at Worcestershire Record Office What...
- 14th October 2012
Dr Adrian Gregson, our Collections Manager, recently reached the milestone of working for 25 years with Worcestershire County Council. We asked him a few questions about his time here. What job did you do when you joined Worcestershire Record Office (now part of Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service), and what did it entail? It was Hereford and...
- 15th November 2011
This week our behind the scenes tour takes us into our Dark Room – the home of our Digitisation and Microfilming team, made up of John and Jonathan. Our Digitisation and Microfilming team, John (back) and Jonathan (front) What is digitisation? Digitisation is the process of creating a digital copy of an item – whether...
- 11th October 2011
Here’s the final installment of our staff introductions. ?(From left to right): Isabel, Admin Support Assistant: Always have to be doing “something”. Current fad is crochet – am making loads of crochet flower brooches & hair slides. Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas this year! Jean, Archivist (Acting): Ray Charles is my number one...
- 11th October 2011
(From left to right): Adrian, Project Officer: A ‘warrior’ of the old school. Enjoys a good rioja and crossword, sitting in the sun. Julia, Archives Assistant: Very slightly addicted to charity shops. (From left to right): Carol, Archives Assistant: Loves cycling and touring the youth hostels of Britain in the search for yet another dainty...
- 5th October 2011
Here’s the second installment of our staff introductions: (From left to right): Chris, Archives Assistant: Love wearing earrings, eating chocolate – the darker the better and shoes especially my Jimmy Choos but not during work time! Vicky, Archivist: I love my family, day trips, picnics, painting, drawing, chocolate and reading. (From left to right):...
- 3rd October 2011
Welcome finally to our brand new blog. Before we get started we thought we should introduce you to our staff. They may pop up from time to time on here so it’s only polite we tell you who they all are. These are the people who work hard to deliver a fantastic service at the...