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Military Family History
Discovering Your Roots: Exploring Family History Through the Staffordshire History Centre Interest in family history has grown enormously in recent years. Whether inspired by TV shows like Who Do You Think You Are?, major anniversaries such as the D-Day 80th, or the passing of a loved one, more people than ever are exploring their family’s…
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River’s work experience
River joined us for a week of work experience in April 2025. Read about their experience in River’s blog below. “My time doing work experience at the Staffordshire History Centre has been wonderful! I spent a week completing this, which included a trip to the off-site Museum Collection Store (with even more historical goodies stored…
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Sophie’s work experience
Sophie joined the team at the Staffordshire History Centre for a week of work experience in early April. Find out how she got on in her blog below. “Hello, I’m Sophie, a Year 10 student. In April I completed a week of work experience at the Staffordshire History Centre. Here are some thoughts and reflections…
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Collaborative PhD Awards
Applications are invited for three fully-funded AHRC NWCDTP Collaborative Doctoral Award (+3) beginning in September 2025. We are pleased to be able to host and support one of these doctoral awards in collaboration with Keele University; Visual story-telling and ‘fascist brand’: the photobooks of Fascist Italy. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday, 28…
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Merry Christmas
We wish all of our followers and visitors a very merry Christmas and thank you for your support in 2024. If you would like to find out more about Christmas past take a look at our festive history article which explores some of the origins of some of the traditions we know and love today.…
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Leek to Llandudno: Beside the seaside and beyond…
Building an Exhibition At first glance you may wonder why we have chosen an exhibition about the seaside, when in Staffordshire we are almost as far from the coast as any county could be, but we wanted to place Staffordshire in the countrywide craze of the 20th century seaside holiday. Were the people of Staffordshire…
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Alton Towers (2)
The Theme Park A short guide to the Alton Towers theme park: the rides, thrills and people behind them. Researched and written by Phoebe Haviland, former Stafford College A-Level student. Alton Towers has grown from its humble beginnings as Saxon hill fort in the 700s. Following the construction of Corkscrew in 1980, themed lands have…
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Alton Towers (1)
In the Beginning A short guide to the history of the Alton Towers before the rollercoasters rocked its grounds – researched and written by Phoebe Haviland, former Stafford College A-Level student. The history of Alton Towers is fascinating – it originated in 700AD as a Saxon hill fort and slowly over time shifted to what…
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SHC Opening News
We’re excited to announce the opening date for the new Staffordshire History Centre! We are thrilled to let you know that we will open our doors to the public on Wednesday 6th November. Staff are busy behind the scenes adding the finishing touches to our new spaces, resources and displays. The centre will be open 10…
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Burntwood Family History Group
The Burntwood Family History Group was founded in 1986 by a group of local enthusiasts, some of whom remained involved to this day. We draw our current membership from a wide area in and around southern Staffordshire. This includes the Burntwood area, the three spired cathedral city of Lichfield, the villages of Cannock Chase, and…
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