by WRA Admin | Feb 28, 2020 | Archives, St Davids Day, Wales, WRA Blog
Daffodils are beginning to bloom (even in this awful wet weather!) and Sunday 1 March marks celebrations in honour of the Patron Saint of Wales, St David. I thought it would be good to share an historical link that our association has with Newport in South...
by WRA Admin | Feb 21, 2020 | 1924, Archives, Birmingham Town Hall, WRA Blog
Last night I went to a fantastic show at Birmingham Town Hall…The Classic Rock Concert, showcasing all those classic rock songs from across the years. Admittedly my partner is slightly older than me and was probably around when they were first hits, but he would...
by WRA Admin | Jan 17, 2020 | 1950, Archives, Convention, WRA Blog, WWCTU
As part of our Archive Project, I have recently been looking at the photographs that we hold to ensure that they are logged and stored appropriately. Within the collection was a group of five black and white images, which appeared to be from the 1940’s/1950’s. There...
by WRA Admin | Sep 27, 2019 | Archives, WRA Blog
At the back of the shelf was a black tin box, it was old, locked and very intriguing… what was inside?….Luckily we have the key and I was excited to see sixteen old title deeds handwritten on parchment/vellum dating between 1853 and 1944. They...
by WRA Admin | Aug 29, 2019 | Archives, WRA Blog
We love to receive enquiries for our Archive; with so many records held in our Archives including detailed handwritten Meeting Minutes and Annual Reports going back to the early days of the British Women’s Temperance Association, it gives us another opportunity to...
