Tag: volunteers
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A Volunteer’s Thoughts
I have recently retired after over 40 years in the electrical and electronics industry, latterly as a project quality manager at GE. In choosing to volunteer at the History Centre, I was following in my father’s footsteps who volunteered at the William Salt Library until he was over 80. I have some way to go!…
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History Access Point Updates – The Regal Cinema
Volunteers at the Lichfield History Access Point assist in research ranging from family history to Lichfieldian curiosities. The team can be found upstairs from the library on Tuesday and Thursday mornings: swing by and make use of their expertise! It’s always very satisfying when we can find answers to our visitors’ questions, so it was…
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Ashley’s work experience
We recently hosted Ashley for a flexible work placement spread over a number of weeks where he shadowed a number of staff and saw the range of skills our team use every day. We are really pleased Ashley enjoyed his time with the team and has learnt new skills; he has kindly documented his experience…
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Turnips to Let: The Lichfield Mercury
Blackadder: Baldrick, I’ve always been meaning to ask, do you have any ambitions in life apart from the acquisition of turnips? Baldrick: Er, no. Blackadder: So what would you do if I gave you a thousand pounds? Baldrick : I’d get a little turnip of my own. Blackadder: So what would…
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Staffs & Slavery Project
Our newest volunteer group are now up and running supporting a postgraduate research project. Hannah Smith is a current PhD student at Keele University whose research is focusing on the legacies of slavery in Staffordshire, in particularly how slavery and abolition are remembered within the county. Hannah is leading the Staffordshire & Slavery volunteer group…
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The Gothard Diaries Project
This week marked the end of a fascinating, long-term volunteer led project to transcribe the diaries of a Staffordshire man who recorded life during the First World War. Diaries and other documents dating from 1914 – 1919 on display Sir Clifford F. Gothard from Burton-on-Trent kept the diaries as a young man during the early…
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Lichfield History Access Point
Nestled in the heart of Lichfield, our History Access Point brings together historical resources from across the county to illuminate the histories of Staffordshire, Lichfield and the county’s residents. The HAP has table space, physical reference materials and digital resources in the beautiful setting of St Mary’s. Located on the first floor of St Mary’s…
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Our Volunteers
The volunteering programme at Staffordshire Archives and Heritage had been in place for many years but it wasn’t until May 2021 that the service had a permanent volunteer coordinator to manage the groups and projects. The first part of this role involved getting volunteers back into our building after the pandemic. Then in 2022 the…
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