Part Two: The Tracks THE LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT MEMORIAL Shrewsbury Station’s own links to the First World War are equally moving. The most intimate, in that it is from their workmates, is located in the staircase of the Arriva offices. Although it is not normally accessible to the public, thanks to the untiring efforts of Philip […]
To commemorate those who lost their lives during the First World War, artists Andy McKeown and Maggie Love will be developing a participatory installation, on the balcony of the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery during June. Throughout the residency people are invited to visit the exhibition and participate in the creation of a visual and audio record, […]
‘A novel way of helping our wounded tommies’ is the hand-written caption on the bottom of this photograph of Albert Brazier and Richard Davies, two of the gardeners at Wenlock Abbey. They are seen wrapping up plants grown at the Abbey to sell as part of Lady Milnes Gaskell’s efforts to raise money for the wounded […]
The recreation of a First World War trench system has begun to be constructed near Oswestry. The trenches will provide an educational visitor attraction at Park Hall Countryside Experience. Park Hall played an important role during the First World War as one of the largest training camps in the country. It was established in 1915 and huge numbers of […]
An exhibition of new contemporary artworks by re:collect, a group of local artists, is being held on the Balcony at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. The artworks aim to expose truths obscured by time, loss and misinformation and respond to the notion “the first casualty of war is truth“. The exhibition will run throughout June […]
Would you like to find out how the First World War affected local families? Could you write articles for the Shropshire Remembers website? Would you be able to help add to the archive catalogue and indexes? The Shropshire Remembers Centenary project is looking to form a group of volunteers to research various aspects of […]
Artist Rebecca Collins has produced an art exhibition inspired by the objects of the First World War, in collaboration with History Makers and the Shropshire Regimental Museum. The exhibition is at Participate Contemporary Artspace, Riverside Mall (opposite Wilkos) from 9th – 20th May and will continue at Shrewsbury College in June. Rebecca said “My intention with this […]
Telford and Wrekin libraries have just launched a WW1 Blog where they will be telling you about some of the commemorations happening within Telford over the coming months. If you’re Newport way – call in and see the great WW1 display at the library. Follow Telford and Wrekin libraries World War One Blog at http://telfordww1.blogspot.co.uk/
A remarkable archive has survived at Stokesay Court from the time of the First World War when the house became a VAD Auxiliary Military Hospital between April 1914 and December 1918. It was a hospital for soldiers (not officers) and unusually nearly every man had a room to himself. The Commandant was the owner, […]
Joseph Alexander Morris, of Whettleton Hill near Craven Arms, is recorded as a postman in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses. He also appears on the Shrewsbury Postal District War Memorial and the Craven Arms war memorial at Stokesay, despite having survived the war. When members of the Craven Arms and District History Group traced […]
