News from 2018
Keep up to date with our latest news.
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Suffrage 100: The General Election 14 December 1918
28th December 2018
Some felt the general election was rushed given the flu epidemic and with many male voters still overseas. It was the first general election in which women could vote.
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Worcester remembers - Armistice 100
15th November 2018
From 9 - 11 November people from across Worcester came out in their Hundreds to the many events, services and activities taking place as part of the Armistice 100 commemorations.
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Dance, Bell Tent, Film and Lectures - Armistice activities at The Hive
5th November 2018
Dance, the World War One Bell Tent, film screenings of the iconic 1916 and 1917 restored films and lectures all form part of the Worcestershire World War One Hundred Armistice activities at The Hive on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November, all FREE.
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Gheluvelt Park commemorates the Centenary of Armistice Day
31st October 2018
On October 31 the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association hosted a ceremony at the Worcestershire Regimental Stone in Worcester’s Gheluvelt Park.
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Four years in the making The People’s Collection arrives at The Hive
31st October 2018
The People’s Collection arrives at The Hive having visited venues across Worcestershire since May 2018. The exhibition features letters, photographs and objects loaned by people across the County and has been four years in the making.
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Armistice activities at Worcester City Museum & Art Gallery
29th October 2018
Join the team at Worcester City Museum & Art Gallery on Sunday 11 November for remembrance themed activities and performances from 11am – 4pm as part of the County’s Armistice commemorations.
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Armistice events planned for Worcester
22nd October 2018
Armistice events will take place across Worcester from Friday 9 November through to and during 11 November, which events do you plan to attend?
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Harvey's War Letters - Uplifting Remembrance
14th October 2018
The Cavan Trio present a programme of moving cello and piano music, written by WW1 composers and the reading of letters written from the trenches by the cellist's grandfather, Harvey G. Frost.
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Lest We Forget
10th October 2018
Following the Great War, the village of Areley Kings raised £235 to build a war memorial for the 14 young men that lost their lives in the conflict. Lest We Forget tells the stories of these young men and the building of the war memorial.
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The Hive to screen little-known masterpiece The Battle of the Ancre and Advance of the Tanks
1st October 2018
The film will be shown at The Hive on Thursday 4 October at 5.30pm with a special introduction by composer Laura Rossi.