One of WVS’s main wartime activities was salvage; many of the WVS Centre Organisers kept fairly extensive notes on their salvage activities. Their actions were usually described within the monthly Narrative Reports. Occasionally however, some of the original reports written by WVS Salvage Officers which influenced those reports were retained and sent to Headquarters. The Salvage Officer for Melton Mowbray (in Leicestershire) is just one example as many of her monthly accounts have been kept in the Archive & Heritage Collection alongside the monthly Narrative Reports they accompany. These reports provide a detailed account of the salvage activities Melton Mowbray during the Second World War.

In this week's Heritage Bulletin Blog our Archives Assistant takes a closer look at some of the Narrative Reports he has been digitising from Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire: http://bit.ly/HBBlogMain

 

 

Jennifer Hunt BA (Hons), Msc Econ Deputy Archivist

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