Young history fanatics can discover the borough's past this summer by taking part in a local adventure.

The council’s local studies library and archive team are inviting children, aged nine to 14, to become Archive Explorers, on a five day course, from July 25, in the old town hall.

Youngsters will be able to join the Archive Explorers team and become a detective, hunting for clues to uncover the secrets of the borough, and bringing them to life through a range of fun activities.

Workshops include delving into the archives and looking at documents that are up to 400 years old and there will be sessions on what the borough could look like in a ‘parallel universe’ - looking at plans for buildings that were never built, wartime invasion preparations that were never tested and ideas for futures that never came to be.

Whether you love history, art, digital technology, or telling stories, there’s a role for any young person in the Archive Explorers.