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It's back to school for us today. It's hard to believe, the next holiday will be the Summer Holidays! Where has this yea...
01/06/2026

It's back to school for us today. It's hard to believe, the next holiday will be the Summer Holidays! Where has this year gone? Make sure you book ahead and avoid disappointment.

380 years ago - The enemy guns have been positioned, and begin to test their range! Several cannon balls slam into St Ma...
01/06/2026

380 years ago - The enemy guns have been positioned, and begin to test their range! Several cannon balls slam into St Martins Bastion, injuring some of the Royalist Gunners. The City is getting its first taste of enemy fire.

As the day comes to an end, we pause and remember those killed, or who's lives were changed as a result of the the Battl...
31/05/2026

As the day comes to an end, we pause and remember those killed, or who's lives were changed as a result of the the Battle of Jutland 110 years ago.

Today, in 1928, the Worcester Tram network came to an end. To many people this was a very sad day. We also hear people ...
31/05/2026

Today, in 1928, the Worcester Tram network came to an end. To many people this was a very sad day. We also hear people call for them to be reinstated all the time.

This month has been filled with anniversaries, including the Battle of St Albans (1455), the resignation of Richard Crom...
30/05/2026

This month has been filled with anniversaries, including the Battle of St Albans (1455), the resignation of Richard Cromwell (1659), the death of Albert Ball VC (1917), and the sinking of HMS Hood (1941). However, can you name these birthdays?

Paul will be visiting Tenbury Wells Museum and History group next week. He will be talking about the History of Icecream...
30/05/2026

Paul will be visiting Tenbury Wells Museum and History group next week. He will be talking about the History of Icecream. From its Ancient origins to the more recent 99 with a flake.

- To celebrate Oak Apple Day, we take a look at a favourite dish eaten by King Charles II in the 17th Century. Charles...
29/05/2026

- To celebrate Oak Apple Day, we take a look at a favourite dish eaten by King Charles II in the 17th Century. Charles loved eggs with Ambergris for breakfast. Ambergris is grated onto the eggs as a flavouring, whilst being cooked in a pan. It fills the eggs with sweet, earthy and musk like flavours. Ambergris or Grey Amber is a rare, solid, waxy, flammable substance created in the digestive system of the S***m Whale. It was collected from inside a dead Whale, or picked up from around the coast, having been passed from the Whale, washing up on the shoreline. This is why it is was called 'Foating Gold' by people lucky enough to find it. Floating Gold had often been at sea for a very long period of time. It is thought to form around sharp objects that will need to be passed from the Whale. This includes Squid Beaks and Cuttlefish Bone. It had been used as far back as ancient times as an incense, a pomander filler, perfume, and even a medicine. It is believed to be an aphrodisiac too. It was often used as a flavouring for Ice cream, and drinks such as Turkish Coffee and Hot Chocolate in the 18th Century. It is also used in Rum Shrub in the 19th Century. It gets a big mention in one of Paul's favourite books, Moby Dick by Herman Melville. A description of the dish says, "The result is both strange and wonderful, because the eggs take both a delicate and mysterious flavour, like a kind of vanilla from of a parallel universe.' Happy Oak Apple Day everyone.

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