Creativity Unwrapped

This year’s Heritage Open Days theme ‘Creativity Unwrapped’ was very evocative of the nature of archives. In the research room, we very carefully unbox and unwrap items from their protective packaging, and in the records themselves, the stories of creative personalities are revealed. To explore this topic, we highlighted the fascinating history of some of […]

Remembering VE Day: 75th Anniversary

The 8th-10th May 2020 will be a time to commemorate the enormous sacrifices that were made both home and abroad during the Second World War as we mark 75 years since the end of the war in Europe. After years of food rationing and bombing raids, whole communities in Britain came together to mark a […]