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West Sussex Record Office
United Kingdom
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Celebrating West Sussex Record Office collections dating from 780AD to the present day.
Black History in the West Sussex Parish Registers - Talk
West Sussex Record Office archivist Alice Millard gave a free online talk on Black History in the West Sussex parish registers on 17 October 2024. Using archival records, Alice will explore the unique and varied lives of historical West Sussex residents of African and African Caribbean heritage, starting in the Elizabethan period and finishing in the Victorian era.
Content warning: Please be aware that we will be discussing topics including the historic enslavement of Black people. We will also be looking at historic documents that include archaic and offensive terminology.
Follow us on Facebook/Instagram/Threads- @WestSussexRO
Visit our blog at - westsussexrecordofficeblog.com
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Email us at - record.office@westsussex.gov.uk
Content warning: Please be aware that we will be discussing topics including the historic enslavement of Black people. We will also be looking at historic documents that include archaic and offensive terminology.
Follow us on Facebook/Instagram/Threads- @WestSussexRO
Visit our blog at - westsussexrecordofficeblog.com
Visit our website at - wsro.org.uk
Email us at - record.office@westsussex.gov.uk
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So You Think You Know A Place? The Chichester of Madge Turner, suffragist and campaigner
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For International Women's Day 2024 we are sharing a presentation that was created as part of the Society of Genealogists' and the One Place Study Society's 'All About That Place' challenge in September 2023. It previously appeared on the Society of Genealogists' 'All About That Place' Facebook group.
West Sussex Snippets | Collections Care Fortnight 2023
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This year we renamed Closed Fortnight to Collections Care Fortnight as this better reflects what we get up to during the closure. This video takes you through what we managed to get done and larger projects that we got started. Follow us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter - @WestSussexRO Visit our blog at - westsussexrecordofficeblog.com Visit our website at - westsussex.gov.uk Email us at - record....
West Sussex Unwrapped Live: The Rise of Crawley New Town | 14 Nov 2023
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As part of West Sussex Unwrapped, a multimedia project in collaboration with Screen Archive South East, the Record Office hosted a special free live talk on Crawley New Town in the 1950s and 1960s. The talk explores the new town's history through film footage, photographs, maps, plans, and unique archive documents. For more on the New Jerusalems project: www.newjerusalems.info Screen Archive So...
West Sussex Unwrapped LIVE: A County Celebrates | 18 April 2023
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Journey with us as we reveal how past Coronations were celebrated in West Sussex - in archive documents, photographs and some quite remarkable films. We’ll also be inviting you to make your own contribution to the history of our county by sharing with us your very own recollections, stills and moving images of the forthcoming events that will celebrate the crowning of King Charles III. Screen A...
West Sussex Snippets | Closed Fortnight 2022
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Closed Fortnight is our annual chance to undertake large projects whilst closed to the public. Since it was our first Closed Fortnight since 2019, we thought we would give you an overview of what we got up to in early December 2022. Follow us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter - @WestSussexRO Visit our blog at - westsussexrecordofficeblog.com Visit our website at - westsussex.gov.uk Email us at - re...
Dialect and Heritage: The West Sussex Picture | Tuesday Talk 30 Aug 2022
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The Dialect and Heritage Project is a collaborative project between the School of English at the University of Leeds, Leeds University Special Collections and five partner museums across the country, including the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex. Based on the material held in the Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, in particular the Survey of English Dialects, this p...
West Sussex Unwrapped LIVE: Chichester Festival Theatre | 16 June 2022
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As part of West Sussex Unwrapped, a multimedia project in collaboration with Screen Archive South East, the Record Office hosted a special live talk with Dr Frank Gray of Screen Archive South East, Nick Corbo-Stewart of West Sussex Record Office, and Helena Berry of Chichester Festival Theatre, on Sussex Day (16 June) 2022. The talk explores the history of the quite simply iconic Chichester Fes...
Wish You Were Here: archive films of Worthing 1898-1960s | West Sussex Unwrapped LIVE
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As part of West Sussex Unwrapped, a multimedia project in collaboration with Screen Archive South East, the Record Office hosted a special live talk with Dr Frank Gray, Director of Screen Archive South East, and Martin Hayes, County Local Studies Librarian, on 12 April 2022. The talk explores the history of Worthing in West Sussex through unique film archives held by Screen Archive South East, ...
Festive baking: A shortbread recipe from Petworth House Archive
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Watch this special festive film where we try baking a shortbread recipe from the Petworth House Archive! With thanks to Lord Egremont of Petworth House for the use of this recipe. Music: Deck the Halls by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100263 Artist:...
Battle of Trafalgar in the Archives | West Sussex Snippets
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Watch this brief introduction to the Battle of Trafalgar through the archives of Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray. Follow us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter - @WestSussexRO Visit our blog at - westsussexrecordofficeblog.com Visit our website at - westsussex.gov.uk Email us at - record.office@westsussex.gov.uk
West Sussex Unwrapped Live: West Sussex Cinemas - 14 Sept 2021
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As part of West Sussex Unwrapped, a multimedia project in collaboration with Screen Archive South East, the Record Office hosted a special live talk with Dr Frank Gray on 14 September 2021. The talk explores the history of the cinema in West Sussex through film footage, photographs, and unique archive documents. Follow us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter - @WestSussexRO Visit our blog at - westsus...
West Sussex Snippets | Walter Kevis
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Watch this brief introduction to the life and work of 19th century photographer, Walter Kevis. Follow us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter - @WestSussexRO Visit our blog at - westsussexrecordofficeblog.com Visit our website at - westsussex.gov.uk Email us at - record.office@westsussex.gov.uk
Tuesday Talks: 2021 trailer
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TO BOOK TICKETS: visit eventbrite.co.uk and search for the name of the talk. Follow us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter - @WestSussexRO Visit our blog at - westsussexrecordofficeblog.com Visit our website at - westsussex.gov.uk Email us at - record.office@westsussex.gov.uk
Treasures of the West Sussex Record Office | 27 July 2021
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- This is a recording of a free live talk held on Zoom on 27 July 2021 - Travel back through 1200 years of history with County Archivist Wendy Walker as she explores the archives held at West Sussex Record Office and the rich and fascinating stories behind them. Follow us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter - @WestSussexRO Visit our blog at - westsussexrecordofficeblog.com Visit our website at - west...
West Sussex Unwrapped II: Madge Turner and the campaign for women’s suffrage
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West Sussex Unwrapped II: Madge Turner and the campaign for women’s suffrage
West Sussex Unwrapped Live: The South Downs | 16 June 2021
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West Sussex Unwrapped Live: The South Downs | 16 June 2021
The chap who lived in Alicia Ave, we lived at number 13 I think it was and then moved across the road to Pearson Road. This would be around 1951/2 or thereabouts. It’s a small world.