WAR IS OVER EXHIBITION
"THE IMPACT OF WW1 AND ITS LEGACY"
9-11 NOVEMBER 2018 at
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, LEVERSTOCK GREEN
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BELOW L: Leaflet distributed in Church and around the village in October 2018. BELOW R: Poster for the events.
ARTICLE FROM THE BENIFACE OF LANGELEI NEWSLETTER, DECEMBER 2018
Photographs © John Ayling
Many of us took photographs at the exhibition, and to feature each one would take up far too much space and memory. I shall instead post a small number of the best pictures to give an impression of how the exhibition was set out. I had intended to set up several galleries of photographs, but generally the maximum permitted size would not allow the text contained within the photo, to be read. Even large photographs make reading the contents difficult, but it should be remembered that the original panels could be up to 10 foot wide.
The overall theme of the exhibition was " THE IMPACT OF WW1 AND ITS LEGACY".
The exhibition itself was split into several " sub-themes":
- A Patriotic Village
- An exhibition of Diaries, Photos, Letters and Stories from 100 years ago.
- Local Soldiers
- Billeted Troops
- The Home Front
- Village Families
- Poetry and Prayers
My congratulations to the team from Holy Trinity ( Mike Hawtin, Tony Twiggs, John Walker, John Ayling and David Roberts.) who put the display together. Not only did it take a lot of planning, but mounting it all so we could all see everything, also took a lot of time and effort. The cutting of the outline statues of the soldiers, as well as taking a lot of care, added a very special ambience to the whole exhibition. Mike Hawtin also put together a very informative slide show which played continuously.
Admission fees taken at the door, plus additional donations meant that we were able to give £100 to the charity "Combat Stress", and £237.85 to the Royal British Legion.
Well done all of you
For links to more detailed information on Leverstock Green during WW1 scroll to the bottom of the page.
Photograph © Barbara Chapman
Photograph © John Ayling
Photograph © John Ayling
Photographs © John Ayling
MEMBERS OF HOLY TRINITY
TALKING TO SIR MIKE PENNING, PHOTOGRAPHS © BARBARA LETALLEC
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Revd. Lizzie Hood, Sue Rose, Chairman of HH Royal British Legion, Major Bob Fisher, President of HH Royal British Legion and Sir Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead
Photograph © Barbara LeTallec
Photograph © Barbara LeTallec
Photograph © Barbara LeTallec
Photograph © Barbara Chapman
INFORMATION PANELS: It is impossible to show here in a readable form, the information contained on the large information panels, but these photographs will give an indication of the amount and depth of information displayed.
Photograph © Martin Chapman
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Photograph © Barbara Chapman
Photograph © John Ayling
Photograph © Barbara Chapman
Photograph © John Ayling
A Selection of photographs taken at the exhibition by John Ayling
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A Further Selection of Photographs taken at the exhibition by Barbara LeTallec
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Photographs above © John Ayling
Photograph © John Ayling
Photograph © Barbara LeTallec
Letter of condolence sent to Mercy Segrave on the death of her brother, March 1916, by her aunt. I conclude from the translation that the photograph is of Mercy's brother Evelyn mentioned in the transcript.
Photographs © Barbara LeTallec
The above "Roll of Honour" was discovered by Revd Lizzie Hood in 2017 whilst cleaning her office at the Vicarage, prior to re-decorating. It had slid down behind the bureau, inherited from previous incumbents. Originally it would have been on display in church during WW1.
This scroll accompanied the "Death Penny" shown in the gallery above.
A Selection of photographs taken at the exhibition by Barbara & Martin Chapman
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Photograph © Barbara Chapman
Photograph © Barbara Chapman
Photograph © Barbara Chapman
Photograph © Barbara Chapman
Photograph © Barbara Chapman
BELOW: Letter from Bernard Wright
to his wife (right) . Bernard was shot down
and killed whilst on a mission 14 May 1918
Photographs © Barbara Chapman
LINKS TO OTHER PAGES RE: WORLD WAR ONE
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