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SAVE THE WORCESTERSHIRE ARCHIVES

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David Malin
7 years ago

History records are essential. Let's not lose them.

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Sylvia Herbert
7 years ago

The archive is part of Worcester's heritage and it and its staff are precious resources.

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Andrew Matheson
7 years ago

The Hive has a national reputation of which the County should be very proud!

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Prof Maggie Andrews
7 years ago

These archive are a wonderful resource for students, community groups, school children, undergraduate and postgraduate students, family historians and academic researchers. Over recent years they have been involved in a number of fascinating projects, particularly in relation to the First World War centenary, leading to books, exhibitions and events which have shared history and heritage with many people in Worcestershire and beyond. It is imperative that ways of supporting them, to continue to provide such a valuable service for years to come, are found .

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Margaret Burrows
7 years ago

These services too important for such radical cuts. The amateur Archaeological group I belong to have regular contact with the staff members and use the research archives regularly, to the extent that we know the names of everyone in the department. We would hate to lose any of this.

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7 years ago

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Roger Watkins
7 years ago

Services are being cut whilst Council tax increases. A poor show!

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Lou Page
7 years ago

In the past I have spent many hours here researching my family background & would expect to do so in the future - it must stay!

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Timothy Munslow
7 years ago

How can we possibly cut such an important service?

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Jane Humphreys
7 years ago

It's a no brainer to allow this service to cease. There must be found ways to keep it and the suggestions in the letter look commendable

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David Hodgson
7 years ago

It is the public who fund these services by way of council tax. They should not be deprived of these facilties.

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Susan Warren
7 years ago

The top floor at The Hive has been essential to my research as it will be to myself and others in the future.

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Annie Low
7 years ago

Why why why must such an important resource be moved miles away from Worcester?

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David Jenkins
7 years ago

High quality sources of historical data are vital for us and our descendants to learn from the past.

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George Unsworth
7 years ago

It's terrifying easy to re-write history and in this day and age any attempt to water down the facts or make them less easy to access fills me with alarm. Please, think again.

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Michael St Maur Sheil
7 years ago

If you think education is expensive, then try ignorance.

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Dr F Shallcross
7 years ago

To destroy the effectiveness of this service would be yet another erosion of useful public services.

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Anonymous
7 years ago

Amazing archives to lose some funding now is very short sighted

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Dr Phillip Barnes
7 years ago

The loss of such an important collection would be a huge loss to Worcestershire and to Britain more generally. If we lose the richness of our local and national culture we are diminished. As local civic leaders I urge you to deal wisely with the assets under your care.

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James Mort
7 years ago

The service provided by WAAS is unique and it would be to the county's detriment if this service is irreparably damaged by severe cuts to its budget. The Council must work with WAAS to agree a budget that is manageable whilst ensuring WAAS's valuable work is safeguarded.