Today was the sad occasion of the last day of the Worcestershire Records Office, County Hall branch, before closure of the serarchroom and it's facilities to the public for good. The present office opened with the County Hall complex some thirty years ago, and hopefully by the summer of 2012, the brand new facilities will be opened in Worcester city centre at "The Hive", a newly-built complex incorporating the Records Office, Family History Centre, Public Library, a new university faculty and more. The old office closed today in order to allow for the preparation of the complex logistical operation to transfer all the archive material from the old to the new over the coming months.
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| Display of some of the C.R.O's archive material in the Palfrey room |
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| Reception desk and main searchroom |
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| Members of staff at the main desk with the index boxes on the shelves behind |
The staff were on hand to meet and greet the public who came to pay their last respects to the old order of things; let us hope that the new set-up will be as good as the last. I would personally like to extend my most grateful thanks (and I'm sure Ruth will say the same) to the staff who, over the last few years, have been most helpful in assisting me in my research activities concerning Witley Court and also my own family history. Best wishes to you all and see you next summer.
May I also thank Dr. Pat Hughes for being so kind as to sign my copy of her latest book, The Story of Worcester, which she has co-authored with Annette Leech; thoroughly recommended.
