history Archives - The Bromsgrove Standard

23^rd Jun, 2026

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NEWS 28^th May, 2026

'Big Bertha should never have been scrapped' - Bromsgrove rail fireman

14^th May, 2026

CELEBRATION TIME - Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum takes top national award

NEWS 15^th Apr, 2026

Living history festival returns to Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum

NEWS 8^th Mar, 2026

Quiz at Stoke Prior Sports and Country Club raised £700 for Bromsgrove's HB9 Harry Bennett Foundation

NEWS 12^th Feb, 2026

Call for performers and artists for events for Bromsgrove Festival 2026

NEWS 11^th Dec, 2025

St Chad's Church becomes first building in Rubery to be listed by Historic England

NEWS 5^th Dec, 2025

Go back to Christmases of years gone by at Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum

NEWS 10^th Jun, 2025

Fund opens to help groups host Heritage Open Day events in Bromsgrove

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

26^th Apr, 2025

PICTURE SPECIAL - International Living History Festival at Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum showcases 700 years of the past

NEWS 1^st Apr, 2025

Help choose a name for Bromsgrove's new Market Hall pavilion

NEWS 13^th Oct, 2024

Historic St Laurence' Church in Alvechurch gets £189,000 from National Lottery to restore it to its former glory

NEWS 17^th Jul, 2024

Plenty of fun on offer at Summer Open Day at Bromsgrove's St John's Church

22^nd May, 2024

Unveiling of information board on Rednal's tram history draws crowds

NEWS 9^th Jun, 2023

APPEAL - Timber frame building at Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum set on fire and roof destroyed in suspected arson attack

NEWS 28^th Feb, 2023

VIEW FROM ABOVE - Picture shows progress made on housing development at former Blue Bird toffee factory site

PICTURE SPECIAL - New-look Norton Collection Museum officially opened by Bromsgrove MP after revamp

NEWS 28^th Aug, 2022

Vicar of Dibley style pet service and rare historic documents on display at Bromsgrove's All Saints Church for Heritage Open Day

NEWS 1^st Jul, 2022

More fun on offer as Bromsgrove Festival moves into its second week

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 12^th May, 2022

Plaque unveiled at Bromsgrove Station - the historic birthplace of the 175-year-old Institution of Mechanical Engineers

NEWS 21^st Apr, 2022

Pride of Longbridge Rally set for big return to Cofton Park this weekend

21^st Apr, 2022

Did you know? Check out the fascinating history of the century-old 144 Birmingham to Worcestershire bus route

22^nd Jan, 2022

Hanbury First School pupils set sail to explore viking history

Step back into Second World War Britain when 1940s event comes to Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum

27^th Sep, 2021

Bromsgrove Rotary Club's £5,000 donation to Avoncroft to get windmill sailing again

NEWS 18^th Jul, 2021

Historic train lamps the latest addition to new Bromsgrove railway exhibition at Norton Collection Museum

22^nd May, 2021

Bromsgrove Court Leet set to officially reopen Avconcroft Museum's historic buildings after vandal attack

NEWS 20^th Apr, 2021

Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum reveals when it is reopening to the public

PICTURE SPECIAL - Steeplejacks reach dizzy heights to work on Bromsgrove's St John's Church spire

NEWS 20^th Oct, 2020

Spooky (but Covid-safe) goings-on at Avoncroft Museum this Halloween

NEWS 17^th Oct, 2020

Avoncroft Museum given lifeline £183,943 grant from Government's Covid Culture Recovery Fund

22^nd Sep, 2020

Go back to the war years at Avoncroft Museum's 1940s extravaganza

19^th Sep, 2020

Bromsgrove Nailer's Cottage - Avoncroft's latest exhibit - officially opens this week

NEWS 2^nd Jul, 2020

120-year-old wicker sidecar attached to rare Bromsgrove-built motorbike is Norton Museum's latest exhibit

Historic Stoke Prior church will be restored to its former glory, thanks to £330,000 Heritage Lottery Grant

NEWS 19^th Jun, 2020

Bromsgrove's historic Charter dating back to 1199 read out as Fair Day falls victim to Covid cancellation

NEWS 14^th Feb, 2020

Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid officially launches museum's new shop displays

NEWS 9^th Feb, 2020

Bromsgrove Past and Present event will explore the history of Charford

NEWS 5^th Feb, 2020

Take a gory look at history at Avoncroft Museum this half-term

NEWS 7^th Dec, 2019

Bromsgrove's Rousler magazine hits the shelves

NEWS 28^th Nov, 2019

Go back to Yuletides of years gone by at Avoncroft's Candlelit Christmas

12^th Nov, 2019

History made as Jo Slade becomes Bromsgrove Court Leet's first female Bailiff

NEWS 8^th Nov, 2019

Bromsgrove's Dennis Norton to open his museum for free to celebrate 70 years of collecting artefacts

Winterfold School pupils learn about the Gunpowder Plot with interactive session

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT 25^th Oct, 2019

Avoncroft Museum moves to clarify financial situation amidst £50,000 losses

Popular Pat to retire from Bromsgrove Library after 38 years

NEWS 5^th Oct, 2019

Creative Chris makes model of Lickey Hills' First World War gun proof range

NEWS 26^th Sep, 2019

Experience medieval jousting at Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum this weekend

NEWS 13^th Sep, 2019

Organists the key to historic Bromsgrove church's heritage weekend

22^nd Aug, 2019

600-year-old medieval silver brooch unearthed in Wychbold by metal detectorist

NEWS 22^nd Jul, 2019

Our definitive guide to loads of summer holiday activities across Bromsgrove and Birmingham

NEWS 19^th Jul, 2019

Plenty going on at Bromsgrove's Avoncroft Museum in the school summer holidays

30^th Jun, 2019

Open air Shakespeare, music, dancing and more in the Bromsgrove Festival's third week

NEWS 24^th May, 2019

Go back in time this bank holiday weekend at Harvington Hall

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL 5^th May, 2019

Bromsgrove Court Leet ale tasters give town's pubs and beers the thumbs up

NEWS 10^th Apr, 2019

Bromsgrove's beautiful All Saints Church to open its doors every Thursday

21^st Mar, 2019

£1million fund-raising campaign launched to secure the future of Bromsgrove's historic St John's Church

NEWS 10^th Mar, 2019

Next Bromsgrove Midlands Ancestors is on 'Lord Austin of Longbridge'

NEWS 19^th Feb, 2019

Council chiefs urged to save Worcestershire’s award-winning Archive and Archaeology Service

NEWS EXCLUSIVE 24^th Jan, 2019

Centuries-old skeleton found during Bromsgrove vets' revamp

NEWS 22^nd Nov, 2018

New Bailiff and first ever female Reeve for Bromsgrove Court Leet at Autumn Court

NEWS 30^th Oct, 2018

Special exhibition at Bromsgrove church to remember those who died in the First World War

19^th Sep, 2018

Winterfold School youngsters step back to Tudor times at Harvington Hall

NEWS 14^th Sep, 2018

Find out more about the Lickey Hills' First and Second World War sites this weekend with the 'Hidden Heritage' event

NEWS 12^th Sep, 2018

Avoncroft Director Simon Carter to give first talk in Bromsgrove Society's new season

NEWS 7^th Jul, 2018

This year's Bromsgrove Society Summer School to get under way

NEWS 23^rd Jun, 2018

Bromsgrove First World War exhibition planned for the Norton Collection Museum

NEWS 17^th Jun, 2018

Norton Collection Museum's display of historic Bromsgrove music shop hits the right notes

NEWS PICTURE SPECIAL

20^th May, 2018

Historic moment as first electric train in 178 years pulls into Bromsgrove Station