Category: Category 3
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This article, written by one of our guides, appears in a recent edition of the Group Travel World Magazine. THERE’S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT HEREFORD …. IS THERE?Of course there’s the Cathedral, which is magnificent, and the Mappa Mundi, which isunique, but what else is there? This is what I asked myself on my first visit…
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As part of the Hereford Guild of Mayor’s Guides off-season educational events, we visited the Rotherwas Munitions Factory for an engaging talk presented by Rotherwas Together, dedicated to promoting the site’s rich history and its present significance. During WW1 over 1,600,000 women entered the workforce, 950,000 of whom were so-called “munitionettes”, who between them made…
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On the 10th July 2024 the first of several groups of 6 Guides were treated to a fascinating tour of the Hereford Museum Archives in Friars Street. Sally Mansell kindly chose a broad selection of items for us to view including some David Garrick documents, and artefacts from his birthplace in Widemarsh St, Dr Francis’s…