AGM Weekend
Secretary writes:
Rooms are now booked in line with individuals requirements.
However a number of people have not yet paid. If this applies to you please can
organise payment asap and if paying by direct debit let me have confirmation
that you have done so.
Secretary Address and
Communication
Secretary writes:
From November 13th I will be moving to a new address. This
will be
Trenanton
Shutta Road
Looe
Cornwall
PL13 1HP
At the moment I do not have a new telephone number. Please
note that depending on the efficiency of BT in switching our account over,
communication by e-mail may be intermittent for a day or so.
Guild Golf Day
Graeme Cooper writes:
The annual Guild golf day will be held on Friday 21st August
2015
Annual Badged Guides
Dinner
Graeme Cooper writes:
The annual Badged Guides Dinner will be held on the 7th
August 2015
Memorial to the
Bedfordshire Regiment
Ian Mould writes:
I don’t know if it is of interest to your members but i have
been for the last two years been raising funds to have a memorial erected in
Belgium in memory of the officers and men of the the Bedfordshire
Regiment who fought in World War One.
I am happy to say that it was built this September at the
entrance to Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial and will be officially unveiled at
4pm on Monday 10th November. It will only be a short ceremony but anybody is
welcome to attend .
Notre Dame de Lorette
Monument
John Hughes-Wilson writes:
Members may be interested to note the new Notre Dame de
Lorette Monument. Details are given in the attached document.
Well-Remembered Voices
Tuesday 11th November
Tonie and Valmai Holt write:
Members may be interested to note the following event:
Commemorate the First World War’s 100th anniversary in this
exploration of theatre’s response to the events of 1914-1918.
Join us for an evening of rehearsed readings of rarely
performed wartime plays including J M Barrie’s thoughtful 1918 play A
Well-Remembered Voice.
Alternatively, you can book for our daytime symposium with
the performed readings accompanied by talks and discussions.
The event is co-run by The Marlowe Theatre, Gateways to the
First World War, and the School of Arts, University of Kent, and in
collaboration with the University of Kent Special Collections
Book now
Marlow Theatre
The Friars, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2AS view map
Telephone 01227 787787
Website www.marlowetheatre.com
Dublin Event 2015
Kathleen Neagle writes:
The Dublin weekend event will be on Fri April 17th to Sun
April 19th 2015.
The Hotel I have chosen is the Ashling Hotel (www.ashlinghotel.ie)This is a lovely
hotel in a central location, adjacent to Heustan Station, where the
Airport shuttle arrives to and leaves from every 40 minutes approx. The
hotel is on the Luas (tram) red line to city centre which is 5 minutes away.
The hotel has 225 rooms , standard and superior, with all the extras, wifi, tea
coffee etc.
Room rates for April are single 218 euro for two nights B
and B, Double 258 euro for two nights B and B.
OUTLINE PLAN FOR WEEKEND
DAY ONE.
Visits will include.
Wynns Hotel
The General Post Office
The Rotunda Rink ( EXTERNAL)
The Garden of Remembrance.
Liberty Hall (EXTERNAL)
DAY TWO.
British Wargrave at rear of HSE HQ.
St James Hospital ( South Dublin Union)
Killmainham Gaol or National Museum of Ireland.
Magazine Fort in the Phoniex Park
Arbour Hill ( final burial place of 14 of the excuted
Volunteers)
lunch venue TBC.
Moore St ( LOCATION OF WHERE THE ORAHILLY DIED)
Trinity College
The Royal College of Surgeons
Stephens Green
Bolands Mill
Mount St Bridge.
DAY THREE.
Grangegorman Cemetery (optional)
Glasnevin Cemetery ( a must!!)
RETURN TO AIRPORT.
This is an outline plan for the weekend, there will also be
invited guest speakers and guides, So please support this event!
English Speaking Guides in
Flanders
Secretary writes:
I have been asked whether we have any English speaking
guides in Flanders with a knowledge of the First World War. If you fit these
criteria please can you let me know.
IWM Library
Frank Baldwin writes:
Members may be aware that the IWM is proposing closing its
library. A petition against the closure has been raised. Details are in the
note below:
I am contacting you to make you aware of damaging proposals
which will see the closure of the library at the Imperial War Museum's London
site and cuts to the education services that IWM provides.
In the year of the centenary of the outbreak of the First
World War, and following a £40m refurbishment in London, IWM now faces an
annual £4m funding deficit. Proposals to deal with the deficit that have been
put to IWM staff include:
·
closure of IWM's library and disposal of the
majority of its holdings
·
cuts in important education services
·
60-80 job losses
·
closure of the widely emulated ‘Explore History’
facility in London
I am sure that this news will be a significant concern for
you and all other members of the WFA.
Prospect, the trade union which represents the specialist
museum staff who work for IWM, has launched a petition seeking additional
Government funding to protect the important services the Museum provides and to
protect its standing as a globally important centre for the study of conflict.
Our petition can be accessed at http://bit.ly/save_IWM
and a copy of the union's press release on this issue can be found here http://www.prospect.org.uk/news/id/2014/November/4/Imperial-War-Museum-staff-fight-library-closure-threat
I hope you will be able to bring the petition and the press
release to the attention of all members in your Branch of the WFA in order to
encourage as much support for our campaign as possible.
If you would like any further information, then please do
contact me (andy.bye@prospect.org.uk).
Many thanks for any support you can provide.
Andy Bye
Negotiations Officer & WFA Member
T: 020 7902 6649
F: 020 7902 6684
Speaker Wanted
Ryan Geering writes:
Can anyone help?
The Potteries Museum in Stoke on Trent are after someone to
do a talk / presentation on The Christmas Truce on 6th December.
If anyone has experience on this topic and is able to make
this date please contact Melanie Firman, Audience Development Officer, The
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Stoke-on-Trent. ST1 3DW
t 01782 232512
Who Do you Think You Are
Live
Mike Peters writes:
I have received the following which may be of interest to
members:
Who Do You Think You Are? Live, the family history show will
take place at the NEC, Birmingham from April 16th to 18th 2015 and as at the last
show in February this year, there will be a specialist Military Area with many
organisations such as The National Archives, The Imperial War Museums and the
National Army Museum, to name but a few, in attendance.
At the show in February we were fortunate enough to also
have the Royal Air Force Museum, Belgian Tourist Office, Spirit of Remembrance
and Forces War Records in the Military Area and we’re confident that they will
decide to attend in 2015 as well. We also have a specialist Military Memorabilia
Checkpoint which is organised on our behalf by the Ogilby Trust and in 2014 the
Imperial War Museums invited Dan Snow, the TV historian, to take part in the
Key Note workshop presentations in his role as Ambassador for the “Lives of the
First World War” project.
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