One of the staff at the Birches.
The cathedral city of Worcester is the largest settlement and county town. Other major towns in the county include Bromsgrove,
Droitwich, Evesham, Kidderminster, Malvern, Redditch, and Stourport-on-Severn. The north-east of Worcestershire includes part of the industrial West Midlands;
the rest of the county is largely rural. The county is divided into six administrative districts: Worcester, Redditch, Wychavon, Malvern Hills, Wyre Forest, and Bromsgrove.
The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see History of Worcestershire).
Over the centuries the county borders have been modified, but it was not until 1844 that substantial changes were made.
This culminated with the abolition of Worcestershire in 1974 with its northern area becoming part of the West Midlands and the rest part of the county of Hereford and Worcester.
However, in 1998 the county of Hereford and Worcester was abolished and Worcestershire was reconstituted without the northern area ceded to the West Midlands.
From WikiPedia I joined Hereford and Worcestershire Social Services in 1975 I think not long after it was created.