Now, War Memories at the Bowling Green tonight will be a powerful reminder of the events of the last world war, more so because they are the memories of those men and women who lived through those six years of war.
The event is part of WarGen, which is “creating a crowd-sourced online repository of oral-history from the people who lived through World War 2.
That amazing generation who lived and fought through the Second World War is slipping away, their numbers dwindling daily.
All too soon, there will be none left at all and World War II, like those conflicts before it, will fall out of living memory.
It is of vital importance that we capture as many memories while we still have the chance.
Once they have gone, they have gone. Those men and women will not be able to speak to us from beyond the grave. But while they are still living, they remain crucially important witnesses to the most cataclysmic war the world has ever known”. *
Tonight’s event will cover the “Outbreak of War; Call Up; Evacuation; Defence; Bombing; Rationing; Visitors; Theatres of War; Normandy; Far; East; Horrors of War; VE Day; Coming home; Experiences, Wisdom and Legacy”.
Added to which some of the interviewees may be coming along to share the evening.
So, tonight, at the Bowling Green Hotel 7pm for 7.30pm. Free Entrance Collection for “Reach out to the Community".
Location; The Bowling Green, Chorlton
Pictures; poster, courtesy of WarGen, and Roger Hall, 1938, and newspaper clipping, 1943, from the Simpson family collection
*WarGen, www.wargen.org
The event is part of WarGen, which is “creating a crowd-sourced online repository of oral-history from the people who lived through World War 2.
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| Roger Hall, 1920-1943 |
All too soon, there will be none left at all and World War II, like those conflicts before it, will fall out of living memory.
It is of vital importance that we capture as many memories while we still have the chance.
Once they have gone, they have gone. Those men and women will not be able to speak to us from beyond the grave. But while they are still living, they remain crucially important witnesses to the most cataclysmic war the world has ever known”. *
Tonight’s event will cover the “Outbreak of War; Call Up; Evacuation; Defence; Bombing; Rationing; Visitors; Theatres of War; Normandy; Far; East; Horrors of War; VE Day; Coming home; Experiences, Wisdom and Legacy”.
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| Derby Evening Telegraph, 1943 |
So, tonight, at the Bowling Green Hotel 7pm for 7.30pm. Free Entrance Collection for “Reach out to the Community".
Location; The Bowling Green, Chorlton
Pictures; poster, courtesy of WarGen, and Roger Hall, 1938, and newspaper clipping, 1943, from the Simpson family collection
*WarGen, www.wargen.org
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