The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 51 No.4 | March 2025

News from the Hampshire Archives

8mm) of the Dollin family of 83 Nutbeem Road, Eastleigh, 1958-1969 (AV1698) Loader of Hannington films: cinefilms (6) (standard 8) family films of the Loader family of Hannington, 1960s-1971 and films of the Vine and Craven Hunt, late 1960s-1970s (AV1699) Hampshire County Council - Library Service : video of stills which feature a wide range of library users telling people what they love about their local library, to celebrate the centenary of Hampshire libraries in 2024 (AV6 additional) Penton Players, amateur dramatic group, Andover: VHS tapes (4) of Penton Players productions of Fool's Paradise, May 2005 and Visiting Hour, 10-12 May 2007 (AV1700) Events The programme for the first part of 2025 is now live, with online film screenings, talks and workshops already available - see www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/a rchives/events for details.

At least one is already sold out, so book now to avoid disappointment. Events include practical sessions on using archives, from reading old handwriting to dating and preserving old photographs. In addition, there are more dates for behind the scenes tours, details of exhibitions in our foyer, and talks using sources from our collections covering farming and a family album. Our exhibition about Andover, marking the end of a year-long community archive project in the town, will be on display both in Andover’s museum and in the foyer at HRO. Please do share these details with friends and colleagues. You don’t even need to live in Hampshire to join the online events! You can sign up for our newsletter on the above web page to get details of our upcoming events straight to your inbox. For more news and snippets about our work, follow us on social media – links at the foot of all our web pages.

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