Friends of the Record Office
We invite you to join the Friends of Warwickshire County Record Office!
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| About the Friends |  | |
The Friends were founded in 1988 and charitable status was granted a year later.
Our aims are:
- to support the work of our County Record Office
- to promote the education of the public through the use of historical records
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| Achievements | | |
The Friends are a vital part of the work of the Record Office and have:
- supported its successful bid for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund
- raised approximately £17,000 since 1988
This has helped the County Record Office to buy archival material of all types relating to Warwickshire’s history over the past one thousand years. This has included manuscripts, printed books, photographs, maps and ephemera, as well as machine-readable databases for family historians.
Essential equipment provided by the Friends includes document weighing machines, a map cabinet, display screens, and a slide projector. We have also given:
- £3,000 towards the furnishing of the Readers’ Tea Room in the renovated Record Office
- £4,000 towards the purchase of Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths from the General Register Office.
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| Membership | | |
Everyone is welcome to join the Friends.
Membership entitles you to:
- invitations to a wide range of Friends’ meetings and social events
- visits to historic sites in Warwickshire and beyond
- our Newsletter which is published three times a year
- opportunities for voluntary work in the Record Office
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| 2008 programme | | |
AGM |
Usually first Saturday in March
2008: Saturday 1st March
Talk on the Willes Collection of Leamington plus exhibition
Speaker: Mark Booth
Refreshments
No charge but donations welcome. |
Forum |
Usually third Saturday in April
2008: Saturday, 19th April, 2.00pm
Speakers: Lady Hamilton - Her Childhood in India; Nick Molyneux - Kenilworth Castle
Refreshments.
Charge: £2 |
Summer Buffet |
Usually June/July
2008: Special Celebration, Saturday 28th June to Sunday 6th July
Committee will be offering refreshments in Exhibition Room most afternoons during this week.
Grand Celebration Luncheon at CRO on Sunday 6th July.
Contact Friends for further details (see below for contact details) |
Autumn luncheon |
Usually second Sunday in October
2008: Sunday, 12th October
Tickets £7.50 |
To become a Friend please print out and complete the membership form and send it, with your remittance, to: |
Honorary Treasurer,
FWCRO,
10a Barrow Road,
Kenilworth,
Warwickshire
CV8 1EH | |
Annual subscriptions
Individual £ 8.00
Family/joint £12.00
Group/corporate £10.00 |
You will need a copy of the Adobe Acrobat reader to view the application form. If you do not already have this installed on your computer click here to visit the web site from which it can be downloaded. |
There are now more than 200 Friends. Why not join us and enjoy these activities with like-minded companions? We look forward to meeting you.
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