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Worcestershire Archives and Archaeology Service are privileged to have a deposit in their collections connected to one of Worcestershire’s most distinguished naval heroes, Admiral Sir William George Tennant. In this article, we will take a look into the life of Admiral Tennant. Born at Quatford, Shropshire in January 1890 to Edmund and Mary Tennant, William... The post ‘Dunkirk Joe’ – The…
One of the interesting collections we’ve come across as part of our retroconversion project are four cricketing memorabilia books, collected by three members of the same family – Ruth Jackson, the depositor, and her mother and aunt Frances and Eleanor Bomford. We have three autograph books and a scrapbook, compiled on and off over 96... The post Worcestershire cricket memorabilia first appeared on…
This month, the Explore Your Archive campaign is #EYAarchitecture, so we thought that it was a great time to focus on some of our marvellous collections. Whether its timber framed buildings, New Towns, churches, public buildings or stories of the architects themselves, we have something to interest you. Conserving timber framed buildings Freddie Charles (1912-2002)... The post Wonderful…
With the upcoming opening of the new Scala Worcester Arts Centre, Worcestershire Archives and Archaeology Service takes a delve into the history of this historic Worcester building. The building we now see on Angel Place was built in 1922 and officially opened on the 27th November 1922. A December 1922 edition of The Worcester Herald... The post The Silver Screen at The Scala: A History of The…
For National Limerick Day, we would like to highlight perhaps our tiniest archive. It is National Limerick Day this month because it’s the 214th birthday of Edward Lear. He was the English artist, author and poet who popularised limericks in his 1846 Book of Nonsense published for children. With this in mind, we took a... The post A lovely little limerick first appeared on Worcestershire Archive &…
Today, 16th of May, marks 380 years exactly since the supposedly humiliating surrender of Hartlebury Castle during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (also known as the English Civil War). This event in 1646 was recorded by a single contemporary commentator, Henry Townshend of Elmely Lovett. He recorded that it was a place “which put... The post Hartlebury Castle Surrenders 1646 first appeared on…
