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Worcestershire Record Office Events Spring 2008

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'This year Worcestershire Record Office celebrates its Diamond Anniversary; 60 years of preserving and making available 800 years of Worcestershire's recorded history. Alongside our regular activities, we have put on some special events.' Debbie Birch, Records and Information Services Manager

For more information about any of these events and talks please contact Paul Hudson at the History Centre.

Evening Classes

Opening the Archives
Bitesize sessions to help you get the most out of using our resources, led by our archivists and librarians. In response to popular demand we are repeating four of the sold out sessions from 2006, along with a new event on Newspapers.
£6 each or £24 for all 5.
Booking essential.

• Reading Old Handwriting

Have you ever had trouble reading old documents? Come and get some tips on how to get started.
Tue 26th Feb, 7-9pm, County Hall Branch

• Parish Registers

Find out more about this popular source. There is far more to them than baptisms, marriages and burials.
Tue 1st Apr, 7-9pm, History Centre

• Poor Law

Have you got an ancestor who needed poor relief? Do workhouses fascinate you? We’ll guide you through the wealth of documents we have about the poor in Worcestershire.
Tue 29th Apr, 7-9pm, County Hall Branch

• Newspapers

Read all about it! Discover what lies in the 300 years of local newspapers that we have in our collection.
Tue 27th May, 7-9pm, History Centre

• Maps and Plans

Taking you from A to B through the many types of maps that you can use in family and local history.
Tue 24 June, 7-9pm, County Hall Branch

Local History Workshop - Historic Environment Record & Maps
Tuesday 8th July, 7-9pm, Worcestershire History Centre
As part of the Northwick Manor Community Heritage Project there are a number of workshops being run to guide people in researching local history, focusing particularly on the Northwick and Claines parts of Worcester. This particular workshop will focus on maps that are available and the Historic Environment Record.
To book your place please call Sheena Payne on 01905 721133 or email spayne@worcester.gov.uk

Other Events

Midland Journey
Wednesday 6th August, 7:30pm, Swan Theatre
In advance of a major project between Worcestershire Record Office and the Media Archive for Central England, there is an opportunity to see Worcestershire films at The Swan Theatre.  Worcester Live and MACE present a chance to see rare archive film of Worcestershire from the collection of the Media Archive for Central England. As the public sector film archive for the Midands, MACE is in a unique position to showcase rare images from the county spotlighting the people and places, industry and social life and best of all the characters and times long since consigned to history but by the magic of film preserved for ever.
Look out for details of events round Worcestershire in the autumn of digitised films from the collections of Worcestershire Record Office and MACE.
Tickets are £5 (£4 concessions, and can be booked from the Worcester Live Box Offife at Huntingdon Hall or by ringing 01905 611427.

1st National Memorial for the Abolition of Slavery
Saturday 23rd August, from 2pm onwards, City Centre Community Centre, Midland Road, Worcester
A free family event will be held to celebrate the 1st National Memorial for the Abolition of Slavery.  Worcestershire Record Office will be joining West Mercia Constabulary, Worcestershire Active Inclusive Forum, Worcestershire County Libraries, and Hereford & Worcester Fire Service for this event, with our new Black Presence in Worcestershire exhibition and oral history extracts to listen to. The day will also include entertainment from Drumlove (featuring visiting players from Gambia), dancing by Capoeira Dance, an exhibition on the history of slavery, henna and face painting, and food from around will be available.

For more cultural events happening in Worcestershire, please see What's on Worcestershire.