The virtual Heritage Hub
The new Heritage Hub website went live just before Christmas at www.heritagehub.org.uk – you might even have seen it featured in this month’s Who Do You Think You Are magazine as a website to watch for 2018! We’ll be continually revising the site to ensure that it helps us achieve our aims. We want to provide online information about gathering, keeping, sharing and using local archives as well as to help people feel part of the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub community. Huge thanks to all the partners and volunteers who helped to get it up and running. Do have a look at it, and let me know what you think. claire.collins@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Another element of the virtual heritage hub is our social media channels. At the end of November we launched both Twitter and Facebook accounts. We began by celebrating Archives Awareness week with some lovely themes #hairyarchives -
#ediblearchives, #lovearchives anyone?
Over Christmas we also ran a ‘12 days of Christmas’ extravaganza, featuring archival versions of all 12 items specified in the song (except perhaps the pipers – our own Hub Facilities Manager, John Putley featured in this one). If you’ve not connected with us yet why not consider following or liking us @GlosHeritageHub on Twitter or Facebook.
Our successful blog continues – my favourite picture (if it’s possible to have one) of last year was the ghost car at the Lansdown (Westal Green) roundabout in Cheltenham. Have a look at https://gloucestershirearchives.wordpress.com/2017/12/15/gloucestershires-archives-revealed-5/ and see if you can spot the car. Did you know that you can sign up to follow the blog? If you do, you’ll receive the latest instalment direct to your inbox.
