New Worcester quiz book

 

There’s a treat in store for local history enthusiasts this New Year with a new Worcester Life Stories book out on December 20.

Worcester Life Stories – The Big Quiz Edition is packed with more than 250 historic photos of the city, along with plenty of challenging quiz questions.

Most of the photographs in the book form part of Worcester City Council’s Historic Environment Record and have been taken by council officers in the course of their work over the years, illustrating the city's changing face from the 1950s onwards. 

The 60-page hardbound book has been compiled by Worcester City Council’s Historic Environment Record Officer Sheena Payne-Lunn who co-led the Worcester Life Stories project, which began in 2020 as a collaboration between Worcester City Council and Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust, with funding from The National Lottery.

 Just before the project was due to launch, the pandemic hit and changes had to be made, with Sheena and her team using photos from the City Council photo archive to compile online quizzes on old Worcester – and these became a huge hit. A selection of the quiz questions and accompanying photographs have been included in the book.

 Sheena said: “Our online quizzes were hugely popular and there was so much interest in the photos which we gathered together – people came forward to share their stories and memories of Worcester in years gone by. We hope that this book will help keep memories of our local history alive – and will be an entertaining read for all those interested in Worcester past and present.”

 The book costs £19.99 and will be on sale at Worcester Tourist Information Centre at the Guildhall, the Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum in Foregate Street and The Commandery in Sidbury.