Herefordshire Lore held it’s AGM at Herefordshire Archives and Record Centre (HARC) on Thursday 6th February 2025.
We were pleased to welcome a good number of guests and supporters, including the current Mayor of Hereford, Councillor Kevin Tillett and Mayors Officer John Marshall.
Acting Chair, Bill Laws, was voted in as Chair, stalwart Eileen Klotz remains our Secretary, and Harvey Payne who has been keeping an eye on our finances remains our Treasurer.
Bill outlined what Herefordshire Lore is about:
‘We find people and interview them face to face, we turn those interviews into transcripts and eventually store them at HARC’
‘The National Oral History Society tell us the monetary value of each interview is probably worth £500, so our 2000 archived interviews could be worth over £100,000!’
‘It is an extraordinary resource, that is of course invaluable to the people of Herefordshire and those interested in remembered history.’
Bill reminded people that Herefordshire Lore relies on subscriptions, donations and receiving project grants to carry on its valuable work. We also rely on our team of volunteers, and of course, the people who come forward with their stories and photographs.
Following Bill’s introduction and briefing about what the future holds for Herefordshire Lore our ‘In Our Age‘ magazine editor, Marsha O’Mahony, gave an illustrated talk about the people of River Wye from her book ‘River Voices‘.
If you have a Herefordshire related story that you would like to tell, please get in touch.
