Location: Heritage Open Days: Worcester Civic Society Archives
Monday 14th September, 10.15am and 11.15am.
In 2020 the Worcester Civic Society became custodians of the archives of the 'Worcester News' containing over a million press cuttings, negatives & photographs. These are being catalogued by volunteers in a secure room below the History & Heritage pod.
The Worcester News archives consist of 100 boxes of cuttings & photographs, 250 bound volumes of Berrow's Journals dated from 1801 to the 1990s, 1,500 Glass plate negatives from 1936 to the mid 1960s, over a million black & white and colour negatives from 1968 to 1993 and 500 discs of approx. 500 images per disc – come along to find out more!
Conducted tours will start at 10.15 am and 11.15 am – free admission, no need to book; just assemble in the History and Heritage Pod area by the escalators above the bus station at Friary Walk Shopping Centre, 54 Friary Walk, Worcester WR1 3LE for these times.
Location:
Archives (Meet outside History and Heritage Pod, 54 Friary Walk, Friary Walk Shopping Centre, WR1 3LE.
Nearest car park is Crowngate Car Park, WR1 3LZ
The Battle of Worcester - the inside story
Thursday 15th October 7:00pm to 8:30pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
This year marks the 375th anniversary of the Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the English Civil War, which was a pivotal moment in the history of both the city and the country.
In this talk, Tony Bryan looks beyond the story of the leaders of the battle, so often focussed on, to delve into what it might have been like for the townsfolk and the occupying soldiers when they were thrown together for about ten days in late August 1651.
The talk draws on his novel 'The Tailor Spy and The Little Maid', which tells the story of a Worcester tailor instrumental in the fortunes of the Roundheads and the misfortunes of the Royalists during the battle. Signed copies of 'The Tailor Spy and The Little Maid' will be available for purchase on the night at a special price for those attending.
Location:
Bransford Studio, Swan Theatre, The Moors, Worcester WR1 3ED.
Nearest car park is: Pitchcroft, Castle St, Worcester WR1 6EJ
Worcester Civic Society AGM
Thursday 3rd November 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
AGM followed by a talk by Tim Bridges: 'Victorian and Edwardian Architecture in Worcester and the West Midlands’.
Tim Bridges will take us on a personal journey around the wealth of period buildings in Worcester and discuss some of the of the rewards and challenges facing the preservation of this region's 19th and early 20th century heritage.
Location:
Swan Theatre, The Moors Worcester WR1 3ED.
Nearest car park is: Pitchcroft, Castle St, Worcester WR1 6EJ