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We want to collect and share stories of lives from the Bath and North East Somerset area through an oral history and reminiscence project. Many older people have family stories of parents or grandparents and their roles in WW1. Once this generation of older people passes on, we will lose the 'first-hand' thread of memory: the WW1 Centenary is an opportunity to record stories for the future. We will train and support small groups of young people (aged appx 15-21) to interview and digitally record...
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Region:- South West England; County:- Somerset; Administrative Area:- Bath and North East Somerset; Place:- Bath
The aims of the Chedworth Remembers project are to research and record the stories of the 142 men of our village who served in the Great War together with the stories of the families whom they left at home. The project also seeks to inform and educate on our heritage as widely as possible, to refurbish an important memorial and to create new memorials to the fallen. In outline: To record those stories in an e-book form to be made freely available on the web and in CD format To lodge detailed...
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Region:- South West England; County:- Gloucestershire; Administrative Area:- The Cotswolds; Place:- Chedworth