BMSGH News

****** BREAKING NEWS *******

Dudley Archives and Local History Service are changing their opening hours. From 1 September 2010 we will be closing the last full week in every month and we will be re-opening every Wednesday. Saturday opening hours will remain the same.

New opening hours as of 1 September 2010:
1st, 2nd & 3rd weeks in every month Tuesday - Wednesday & Friday 9 - 5pm, Thursday 9.30 - 7pm.
1st and 3rd Saturday in every month 9.30 - 12.30pm

We have decided to close for a full week each month to help us prepare for our move to a new building on the site of the Black Country Living Museum. In our closed weeks, we will be boxing and listing collections and preparing location lists. It is not possible to complete this work in the one day a week that we currently close.

There will be regular bulletins on our website to keep you up to date on our progress and we hope to offer more volunteering opportunities as a result. If you would like to get involved in our work behind-the-scenes or in the search room, please do get in touch.

I hope you will like our new way of working and that you will experience the benefit of access to more collections and a wider range of material very soon.

For further info please contact .....

Gillian Roberts
Borough Archivist
Dudley Archives and Local History Service
Tel: 01384 812770

Please be advised that if you are planning to visit the London Probate Department located at:

PRFD, First Avenue House
42-49 High Holborn
Ground Floor
Holborn London
England
WC1V 6NP

The Probate Office will be moving from the ground floor to the 7th floor between 19 February and 22nd February 2010. To facilitate the move the office will be closed on Friday 19 February and Monday 22 February.

The London Probate Registry is open to the public from Monday to Friday between 10.00am and 4.30pm and appointments for interview at London are arranged between Monday and Friday between the hours of 10.00am and 3.50pm, depending on demand.

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