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Friends of the WCRO

FRIENDS OF THE WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE We invite you to join the Friends of Warwickshire County Record Office!
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
Achievements
The Friends are a vital part of the work of the Record Office and have: supported successful bids for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund raised approximately £42,000 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. £1,500 towards a leaf casting machine for the Conservation department £2,000 towards the purchase of the estate records of Waller of Woodcote
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
2011 Programme

AGM	Saturday 5th March, 2.00pm Followed by refreshments and talk by Dr. Sylvia Pinches - 'The True History of Mrs Maria Home (1741-1834) Housekeeper at Warwick Castle' Tickets £3 for non-members.

Talk Forum Autumn Luncheon	Saturday 14th May- 2.30 - 4.30pm J James MacKay on “Hope, Light and Brutality: An Enthusiasm for Modern Architecture”, Tickets £3 for non members Refreshments will be served. Saturday 20th August - more details to follow Sunday 9th October. 12.30pm for 1.00pm.

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 Membership form		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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