Hidden Treasures: Unexpected Finds in The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre
When people think of archives, they often imagine endless shelves of boxes filled with official reports, handwritten letters, and fading photographs. While […]
Category: Monthly Themed Blogs
A surprise in ‘The Surprise’ Inn, Croydon
For today’s ‘EYA Surprise’ blog we visited a small pub in Shirley, Croydon, a town with a rich and layered history dating back to the medieval times. The pub, locally known as “The Surprise”, has many unexpected and interesting things woven into its fabric.
Wonderful Worcestershire Architecture
This month, the Explore Your Archive campaign is #EYAarchitecture, so we thought that it was a great time to focus on some […]
The Evolution of Fairground Architecture
For this month’s EYA Architecture theme, Arantza Barrutia from the National Fairground and Circus Archive takes us on a rollercoaster ride through […]
Football Ground Stories: the Historic England Archive’s Football Grounds of England Collection
In time for Explore Your Archive’s July theme of Architecture and the FIFA World Cup, Historic England Archive opens up its Football Grounds of England Collection.
William Savage – pioneer colour printer
For June’s Colourful theme, we’re taking a look at the work of William Savage, recorded in the University of Wales’ Trinity Saint […]
‘Character of handwriting’ – Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s collections
To round off May’s Handwriting theme, Tilly Heydon reveals some insights into the collections (and handwriting) of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. When artist Wilhelmina […]
Enough to Make You Cross-Eyed
For this month’s Handwriting theme, we take a look at some wonderfully tricky examples in Wolverhampton City Archives. At first glance, this letter […]
Crime in Worcestershire Archives and Archaeology Service
This month, the Explore Your Archive campaign is highlighting #EYACrime by reporting two crimes detailed in the West Mercia Police case files, […]
The Usk Gaol books
April is Explore Your Archive Crime month – read below about some women with criminal histories in Gwent Archives. Women have been […]