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I wonder if members know about the demise of the County Archive Research Network (CARN) card last November. I am planning my annual visit to Dorset and thought I would…

You may be aware that there is a proposal to cut funding for our archives, indeed to make great inroads into the service. We have been asked to parade the…

Susan Payne, a member of MFHS who lives in Lincolnshire, has this postcard of Lower Howsell Road in Malvern sent by her great-grandmother. She wrote to us asking if anyone…

The 2018 AGM of the Worcester Local History Forum will be held in Room 2 on the First Floor at The Hive, Worcester at 2.00pm on Saturday, 10 November. The…

Thursday 4 October, 5:30pm FREE EVENT – with introduction by composer, Laura Rossi, in person The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of The Tanks (1917) This little-known masterpiece…

Members interested in the restoration work covering 31-35 High Street in Droitwich exhibited at St Andrews Church must now visit not the church but Droitwich Library. The church has suffered…

As the 100 years since WWI draw to a close, there is a fresh focus on the war and the lives of our ancestors at the time. This article from…

There will be a Military History Festival on the weekend of October 5th-7th 2018 in Malvern. The Festival will be held in the grounds of Severn End, Hanley Castle, and…

An exhibition 8TH - 30TH SEPTEMBER 2018 at ST ANDREWS CHURCH, DROITWICH on restoration to life 600 years ago. Currently covered with boards and scaffolding, the building at 31 High…

The Worcestershire Local History Forum has published a list of events to do with history, archaeology and genealogy which are happening around the county this Autumn.  We hope you find…