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September 2014
Performance: The Hallowed Turf
Gazebo Theatre presents The Hallowed Turf A Story of Soldiers, Football and Heroes A young man’s dream of becoming a footballer is brought to the front when he meets his hero on a very different front line. This powerful and heartbreaking new play shares the true story of footballing star Walter Tull, the first black combat officer to serve in the British army in the First World War, told through the imagined letters of a young unknown soldier. Featuring Oraine…
Find out more »October 2014
Workshop: Birmingham and the First World War, a session for teachers
A FREE workshop for teachers to explore the collections of Birmingham Archives & Heritage and Birmingham Museums Trust. Organised by Voices of War and Peace, Library of Birmingham & Birmingham Museums Trust The session will: Look at ways archive & museum collections can support teachers’ research into the First World War Discuss funding for First World War projects Demonstrate resources that can be accessed for use in the classroom Where: Library of Birmingham & Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Places…
Find out more »Choir Performance: St Thomas More Primary School
Listen to the choir from St. Thomas More Catholic Primary school as they perform songs from the two World Wars, in what is sure to be a moving and evocative performance. No need to book, just come along. This is a free event. This performance is part of a series of events that run alongside the exhibition 'Soldier Stories: Birmingham and the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914 - 1918'. 11.30 am in the Round Room. The Performance will last approximately half an…
Find out more »Study Day: ‘The YMCA Goes to War’
A study day devoted to the welfare and humanitarian work of the international YMCA in the First World War. Speakers will include Prof Tony Jeffs (University of Durham) and Prof Clyde Binfield (University of Sheffield). The day will include a tour of the Cadbury Research Library and its substantial holdings on the work of the YMCA in the First World War. For further information please email voices@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Find out more »Workshop: Voices of the First World War: creative writing, conflict and reconciliation
A partnership event with Voices of War and Peace, the Birmingham Literature Festival and Writing West Midlands 10.30am-12.30pm Creative writing workshop led by Fiona Joseph Fiona is a teacher, publisher and writer. She has written a biography of Beatrice Cadbury, the radical daughter of the famous chocolate manufacturer, and is currently working on a novel based on Cadbury women employees in WW1. In this workshop Fiona will explore using archive collections as a springboard to creative writing. 1.30-3.30pm Poetry workshop…
Find out more »Commemorative Activities: The impact of the First World War on Leintwardine and neighbouring villages
A series of events organised by Leintwardine History Society to commemorate the outbreak of the Great War. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Ginger Cat 16th October, 7.30pm, Methodist Church Hall A semi-staged play reading of a comedy by famous writer of the day, Lord Dunsany. The play was in production in the West End as war broke out, and withdrawn because it was considered too frivolous for the times. It has not been staged since. Last orders: Local…
Find out more »Performance: The Hallowed Turf
Gazebo Theatre presents The Hallowed Turf Thursday 16 Oct, 7:30pm, The Drum The Hallowed Turf is a story of soldiers, heroes... and football. Based on the life of pioneering footballer Walter Tull, the first Black officer to serve in the British Army in World War One, and told through the imagined letters of a seventeen year old soldier who befriends him, this incredible story is a cornerstone performance of this year’s Black History Month celebrations, ideal for all audiences, and…
Find out more »Event: Spoken for the first time
Join us in commemorating World War 1 as we read messages from a large collection of real photographic postcards sent home from the trenches in WW1 by German soldiers, written to family and loved ones. The act of reading will give voice to the dead, the former enemy and the largely forgotten. The event will be performed by Professor Mike Robinson and Dr Josef Ploner and will feature an exhibition of postcards. Open to all Free to register here
Find out more »Conference: 1914, A Hundred Years On
Speakers include Peter Hart, Paul Handford and Martin Brown. Tickets on sale now - just £20.00 per delegate This conference is open to all members of the WFA and members of the public. To book in, simply contact 01905 774797 or e-mail whb.wfa@hotmail.co.uk Hosted by the Western Front Association, Worcestershire & Herefordshire Branch
Find out more »Talk: Sleepwalking to War? Britain in 1914 and 1939
Did Great Britain stumble blindly into two world wars? Marking the WW1 Centenary Dr Jonathan Boff, Centre for War Studies, will compare preparations for both conflicts and argue that the lessons learned from the First were crucial to survival in the Second. Open to all Free to register here
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