By Jenny Bettger, Archives Assistant (Research) Walking along Broyle Road in Chichester you will find a large stone with a faded inscription. Known as ‘The Smugglers Stone’, it records the executi…| West Sussex Record Office
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By Alice Millard, Archivist To mark the recent upload of the Graylingwell Hospital Archive catalogue to our website, this blog will dip into the vast history of this significant hospital through it…| West Sussex Record Office
By Victoria Evans, Searchroom Archivist IIn the first part, I delved into the all-important context behind the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and what other related treasures can be found in our archive. If you didn’t catch it you can read it here. In this second and final part, I will be sharing the more personal…Continue reading ➞ The Auxiliary Territorial Service in West Sussex – Part Two| West Sussex Record Office
By Alice Millard, Archivist If you haven’t read part one of the Tommie and Betty Archive blogs, you can catch up here. Just as we used the archive to delve into the early lives of Tommie and Betty …| West Sussex Record Office
By Nick Corbo-Stewart, Archivist and Volunteer Coordinator In this series of blogs looking at new collections at West Sussex Record Office (WSRO), I will continue to guide you, the reader, through the variety of work undertaken by the volunteers. Through a culmination of sorting, listing, ordering, cataloguing and packaging, their completed collections are now open…Continue reading ➞ Watching, Surveying and Flying: A brief dip into new smaller collections at West Sussex Record Office| West Sussex Record Office
By Victoria Evans, Searchroom Archivist Building further upon a blog post written six years ago we are delving back into the history of fascism in West Sussex. Specifically, we will be focusing on …| West Sussex Record Office
By Nichola Court, Archivist In 2024, WSRO hosted a visit from students at The Academy, Selsey, who were involved in a project guided by Millstream Productions to create a documentary film about the history of Selsey Pavilion. The film forms part of the restoration project led by Selsey Pavilion Trust. Following on from their initial…Continue reading ➞ And that’s a wrap!| West Sussex Record Office
By Alice Millard, Archivist Figure 1 Tommie (L) and Betty (R) planning a road trip, 1958. (AM 1768/2/2/3/86) In May 2023, we were delighted to take in the archive of two Worthing women, Myra ‘Tommi…| West Sussex Record Office
By Nick Corbo-Stewart, Volunteer Coordinator and Archivist In the week that celebrates and recognises the contributions of volunteers around the country, we at the West Sussex Record Office (WSRO) would like to thank all our volunteers from the local community who continue to make a positive contribution towards the services WSRO provides. Our volunteers come…Continue reading ➞ National Volunteers’ Week, 2-8 June 2025 – Volunteers at West Sussex Record Office| West Sussex Record Office
By Victoria Evans, Searchroom Archivist As the archivist in charge of our social media at WSRO, I am always trawling through documents and photographs to share with our following. This led me to st…| West Sussex Record Office
