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22 Issue 55 • July 2021

COMMUNITY LIFE

Worcester City Run returns

in September 2021

The ever-popular mass participation running event is back!

This year, the Worcester many raising money for amount of support from local companies and
City Half Marathon, good causes. the people of Worcester, spectators on the city
10K and Young Athletes from participants and streets. We can’t wait to
Run will be joined on This year the volunteers, through to be back!”
the weekend of 4-5 Worcestershire
September by Paula Ambassadors are official
Radcliffe’s Families on charity partners for the
Track initiative. event, raising much-
needed funds to support
The event has previously local people as they
attracted thousands of deal with the impact
runners and spectators COVID has had on
to the city. The Half local communities.
Marathon, 10K and Junior
Run have grown in size Steve Cram, founder
year-on-year, with leading of the Air Products  Further details and
club athletes and large Worcester City Runs, says: entries now open at:
numbers of fun runners “From day one, we’ve W: www.worcestercityrun.com
all taking part – with always received a huge

Get to know your place better – with free access

to archive photos and historic maps of Worcester

Know Your Place Worcester at Sheena Payne-Lunn, Worcester
kypworcester.org.uk is a free City Council’s Historic Environment
online platform which gives access Record Officer, says: “The
to hundreds of archive photos, Know Your Place Worcester site
historic maps and pieces of data will help people to rekindle
about Worcester. memories by looking at archive
photos of streets, shops and
This new easy-to-use tool can help prominent places.
you to find out more about your
local area, reconnect with your past “It will also be a powerful tool
and explore the city’s rich heritage. for anyone who wants to research
family history, explore local
People are also starting to archaeology or find out about how in The Guildhall on Saturday 26
contribute their own Worcester previous generations lived in their June from 11am to 4pm.
knowledge, memories and images to street or neighbourhood.”
the site – ensuring that the content An archive photography exhibition
will grow and become relevant to an The City Council has developed will recreate Worcester’s High
increasing number of people. the platform in partnership with Street as it would have appeared in
Herefordshire and Worcestershire the 1950s, and live demonstrations
Health and Care NHS Trust of both Know Your Place Worcester
– thanks to support from the and the NHS platform Life Stories
National Lottery Heritage Fund. Herefordshire & Worcestershire will
take place throughout the day.
GET INVOLVED
Subject to the lifting of further  For more information:
COVID restrictions, a Know Your W: www.kypworcester.org.uk
Place Worcester celebration and E: worcesterlifestories@gmail.com
demonstration event will take place T: 01905 721133

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