New Local History Publications – Summer 2023
All of these entries relate to the wider West Midlands and are published by University of Hertfordshire Press (UHP) - www.uhpress.co.uk THE INDUSTRIOUS CHILD WORKER. Mary Nejedly. (UHP 2021, 224pp,…
Talk: The Survival of the Princes of the Tower
Worcester Branch of the Richard III Society 2pm Saturday 11th March 2023, £5 incl. tea & coffee Holy Innocents Community Hall, Kidderminster, DY11 6LA
A New History of Worcestershire Place Names.
A new publication from Dr Mike Jenkins - The History of Place Names in England and Worcestershire (Caxton Press). Some of our member societies are offering talks by Mike Jenkins…
Local History Speakers Directory 2022
Calling all speakers if you wish to appear in the next WLHF Speaker’s Directory please let jane.tinklin@outlook.com know as soon as possible, entries are free to members of the forum…
WLHF Newsletter Jan 2022
In recognition of our return from the COVID generated lockdown and general hibernation of the last 2 years, Cora, our chairperson has kindly produced a Newsletter for the New Year…
New Local History Publications – Autumn 2021
Here are some recent local history publications, either general or fairly local to Worcestershire, that we have come across. We hope that they may be of interest to members: https://www.wlhf.org.uk/wlhf/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/LH-publications-Nov-2021.pdf…
WLHF Local History Competition 2022
Guidelines for assessing Local History Competition Entries A PDF of these rules can be found here: Each question carries a maximum mark of 10 points Judges: To be announced For…
WHLF Competitions 2020/22
Photography Plans for a photography competition in 2020 were interrupted by Covid, but will now be reinstated in 2022. The theme of the photo competition this year will be 'What…
Access to UK Census data
A message to WHLF from:Richard Rodger, FRHS, FAcSS, Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh. Dear ChairmanI am contacting you because I believe local and family history societies deserve better access to…
Day School and Local History Awards Report 2019
An excellent report by Diana Clutterbuck on the WHLF can be found here. (It is also included under the 'News' menu above.)