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Year 5 visit to explore World War One
Year 5 visit to explore World War One
Over the course of November we visited Lodge Hill Cemetery, ran workshops in the school and visited The Library of Birmingham and the Hall of Memory in the City Centre, all of which supporting work exploring our city and the role of it's people during World War One
Library of Birmingham - Voices of War and Peace
Library of Birmingham - Voices of War and Peace
From 2014 to 1018 the Library of Birmingham has run a series of exhibitions in the Library of Birmingham relating to the history of Birmingham in World War One, as part of 'Voices of War and Peace'.
The exhibition was formed from work carried out by community groups in Birmingham and the West Midlands. The work began in August 2014 as the centenary of WWI was commemorated, and shares previously untold stories alongside the findings of new research, including:
- Films produced by local theatre and arts companies that address difficult subjects like the soldiers who were executed for desertion and cowardice
- History of the football teams formed by ‘munitionettes’
- Creative responses to changing attitudes towards disability during and after the war
- Artistic work made by young people who researched the changes in society that came as a result of the war
Voices of War and Peace: the Great War and its Legacy is a First World War Engagement Centre funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and in partnership with the Heritage Lottery Fund. The
The Engagement Centre was based in the Library of Birmingham and supported a wide range of community engagement activities, connecting academic and public histories of the First World War as part of the commemoration of the War’s centenary.
The Library still covers relevant research knowledge that enables it to respond to diverse community interests. This research knowledge ranges from the history of Birmingham, the Black Country and urban and rural Worcestershire to the impact of air power, from the experiences of Belgian refugees to trench warfare, from Quakers and humanitarian relief to battlefield archaeology, and from caring for the casualties of war to the involvement of colonial troops and labour.
Cathedrale de Reims
Belgians 'Exodus to France'
Postcards from WW1 inspiring artwork and messages from Pupils
Postcards from WW1 inspiring artwork and messages from Pupils
'Ypres after two years of War'
'Shell Workers'
'PALS' From Gen. Soper painting
'The Merry Cooks'
Hall of Memory
Hall of Memory
Opened in 1925, the Hall of Memory stands as a memorial to the men and women of Birmingham who gave their lives in the First World War, Second World War and in active service since 1945. The Hall of Memory website features a database of every name recorded in three Books of Remembrance on display in the Hall of Memory. You can search the books by following the links and you can also download and print individual pages from the books
The Hall of Memory was opened by H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught
on 4th July 1925. Built of Portland Stone, and constructed almost entirely
by Birmingham craftsmen, it cost £60,000 raised solely through public donations.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
We visited Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for 'It's People, It's History' to find out more about the roles played by Birmingham people in the Great War.
Many people left the city to engage in active service, whilst others arrived here as refugees, or to work in the city's industries.
Birmingham's industries were central to the British War effort, alongside it's significant role as a centre for treatment of the wounded.
Martin Kileen explains about Joseph Southall's fresco:
“When the European conflict broke out in 1914 he diverted most of his energies into pacifism.
He also chaired the Birmingham Auxiliary of the Peace Society and was a joint Vice-president of the Birmingham and District Passive Resistance League. Despite his outspoken stance against the war, he was commissioned by the city to produce the fresco that stands at the head of the staircase of the entrance to Birmingham Art Gallery.
‘Corporation Street, Birmingham in March 1914’ conveys its pro-peace politics by implication, providing the population with an image of their recent pre-war community life."
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