In this blog Reader Services Assistant Suzanne Lithgo explores our current monarch’s visits to Stratford-upon-Avon and its celebrations of her life landmarks through her presence in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s collections.
26 May 2022
Stratford-upon-Avon
Reader Services Assistant Suzanne Lithgo explores what Shakespeare's Birthday celebrations would have looked like a century ago.
Suzanne Lithgo
05 May 2022
Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare's Life and Times
Shakespeare's Birthday
Collections
Learn about representations of women in Stratford’s Court of Record with Collections volunteer Phil Spinks.
Phil Spinks
22 Nov 2018
Stratford-upon-Avon
juliet files
Collections
Explore the life and work of a Victorian nurse who spread her benevolent influence throughout Warwickshire and beyond.
Martin Kenny
21 Nov 2018
Stratford-upon-Avon
juliet files
Collections
Each year the 'Mop Fair' returns to Stratford-upon-Avon. Sofia Wood explores the history of the fair that started out as a hiring opportunity for casual workers.
Sofia Wood
12 Oct 2018
Stratford-upon-Avon
Collections
Explore the life of Annie Justins, Stratford-upon-Avon’s first female mayor.
Jann Tracy
06 Jul 2018
Stratford-upon-Avon
juliet files
Collections
Jann Tracy talks about the many achievements of best-selling novelist and Stratford resident Marie Corelli.
Jann Tracy
25 May 2018
Stratford-upon-Avon
juliet files
Collections
Stratford's Town Hall was the victim of a gunpowder plot during the English Civil War in 1643
Katherine Reeve
05 Nov 2017
Gunpowder Plot
Stratford-upon-Avon
Collections
To celebrate Back to the Future Day, take a look at these pictures of Stratford-upon-Avon taken in 1985, 1955, and 1885!
Madeleine Cox
21 Oct 2015
Tales from the Reading Room
Stratford-upon-Avon
Collections
A quick look at the history of the Mop Fair
Rebekah Owens
31 Oct 2014
Stratford-upon-Avon