The National Lottery Heritage Fund supported WW1-themed projects across the United Kingdom. Below, you can search for content relating to regional divisions in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, or by county, administrative area or localised place. |
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Brierfield Action in the Community |
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Our World War One |
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Working with young people in Brierfield and Nelson to research their families connections to WW1 particularly within the Asian heritage community and also the community connections to WW1. The Asian heritage young people do not have any concept of the sacrifice and bravery their ancestors contributed to WW1 and have little respect for the Cenotaphs and the importance of remembering them. This is also true of the indigenous community. They do not understand the historical significance and how... |
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Region:- North West England; County:- Lancashire; Administrative Area:- Pendle; Place:- Brierfield |
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Broughton Primary School |
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Broughton Village - The Men who fought in WW1 |
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There are twenty two (22) names on the WW1 memorial in the grounds of Christ Church, Great Broughton. The aim of the project is to write a book (150-180 pages) profiling these men. The book will also tell of village life 1914 - 1918 - how the people supported the war effort - how did the war effect everyday life - how did the school - churches and other institutions adopted to war conditions e.g. food shortages. Letters sent home by soldiers at the front will be included. How the women of the... |
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Region:- North West England; County:- Cumbria; Administrative Area:- Allerdale; Place:- Broughton |
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Royal Northern College of Music |
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Revealing and Reinterpreting 'Making Music in Manchester during WW1' |
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https://www.rncm.ac.uk/ |
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The project aimed to reveal and reinterpret some of the research into WW1 stories held in the archives of the Royal Northern College of Music (project lead), the Hall Concerts Society and the Henry Watson Music Library. This research was then reinterpreted through arts workshops with community organisations, encouraging groups to respond creatively to the narratives and histories as they learned about them. The themes that the project explored in research and workshops include how the war... |
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Region:- North West England; County:- Greater Manchester; Administrative Area:- Manchester; Place:- Manchester |
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Salford Museum and Art Gallery |
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Lark Hill Place 1918 |
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https://www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/culture |
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Our project will move the timeframe of Lark Hill Place, Salford Museum and Art Gallery's Victorian street, forward from 1897 to 1918 for a one-year period of redisplay during 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the final year of World War One as the climax of our Salford Remembers programme. The redisplay will be complemented by a programme of engagement activity, including a new promenade theatre production with accompanying workshops and training sessions, a new soundscape and sound... |
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Region:- North West England; County:- Greater Manchester; Administrative Area:- Swinton; Place:- Salford |
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