Civic Voice’s First World War Memorials Programme is inviting to its ‘Sharing Success’ events to learn how communities are ‘Remembering the Fallen’.
Westgate Hall, Canterbury, the venue of Civic Voice’s next First World War Memorials Programme event (Courtesy Civic Voice)
Civic Voice writes:
Our next national event to celebrate the work of volunteers involved in the First World War Memorials Programme will be heading to Westgate Hall, Canterbury. Westgate Hall was built by public subscription as a drill hall for the Territorial Army in about 1913. It lies in the heart of Canterbury, just off the high street, and opens onto the Pound Lane car park.
Over the decades it has adapted to the needs and pressures of the time. Troops marched from the Hall to the battlefields of World War One. It survived the bombings of 1944. Then, from serving as a drill hall, it evolved into a venue for conferences, dancing, fairs, blood giving, vote counting, emergencies and community celebrations. It’s unsurprising then that we have selected it as the venue for our next event.
‘Sharing the stories of the First World War Memorials Programme’ events are planned for the coming months. It’s your chance to discover more about the programme and its achievements to date and hear directly from individuals and community groups who have been contributing to different areas of the programme. During the event, you will also have the chance to hear from Imperial War Museums about the latest developments with the War Memorials Register, from Historic England about listing war memorials and Enriching the List, and from War Memorials Trust about conserving war memorials. If you want to learn how communities in your area are commemorating the fallen, please sign up to a future event below:
- Canterbury, 16th May 2018 – Register here
- Winchester, 1st June 2018 – Register here
- Newcastle, 6th June 2018 – Register here
- Derby, 1st August 2018 – Register here
- Wakefield, 20th September 2018 – Register here
- Chelmsford, 29th September 2018 – Register here
If you want to contribute ideas about how we can keep volunteers actively involved in the historic environment, please do share them with Civic Voice at info@civicvoice.org.uk
To book use the links above.
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