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Film history of the HAT Fair
Hat Fair, Winchester, is the UK’s longest running outdoor festival and celebrates its 50 year anniversary this year (2024). In celebration, this project will gather
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Wyvern College students presented with their winner’s trophy
At a special event held at the Fountain Cafe in Fair Oak on D-Day (6 June 2024), the members of Wyvern College History Club were
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The People’s Parks of Hampshire
Hampshire Gardens Trust have recently completed a long-running project to research and document the history and present state of urban parks in Hampshire’s towns and
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WINNERS of the 2024 Hampshire History Competition for schools
The winners of this year’s History competition for schools have been announced. The winner of the Years 7-9 Group prize is Wyvern College. There were
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Update on Unlocking Hampshire’s Musical Heritage
This project has digitised eight substantial music manuscripts from Hampshire Record Office and made them publicly available on archive.org. Detailed cataloguing of the manuscripts has
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