: 100 YEARS SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR 1 3 September onwards | St John’s, Sharow and across WHAT’S ON - AT A GLANCE Silhouette Soldiers, Vision Project A trail of steel silhouettes, recalling the SEPTEMBER images of World War 1 and remembering Mon 3 onwards | St John’s, Sharow and across Ripon those who fought and returned from the Silhouette Soldiers front. The figures will form a trail from the British Legion graves at St John’s, Sharow Sun 9 | 1pm–4pm, Ripon Grammar School through to the old encampment at Hell Wath. Ripon Grammar Heritage Weekend The figures have been created by local artists Dan Metcalfe, Jeanne Mundy and Joe Priestley, Fri 14 | From Ripon Spa Gardens to Ripon with production by Econ Engineering Ltd. Lest We Forget Poppies For more details, email [email protected] OCTOBER 9 September | 1–4pm, Ripon Grammar School Wed 3 | 6pm, Ripon Cathedral Ripon Grammar Heritage Weekend Ripon Cathedral commemorates – Choral Evensong and Preview of…. An event open to the public which includes a display of information on Old Riponian war dead. For additional information please contact Thur 4 – Wed 14 November | 9am–5pm, Ripon Cathedral [email protected] Fields of Mud, Seeds of Hope And 14 September onwards | Ripon Spa Gardens to Ripon Cathedral There But Not There Lest We Forget Poppies Poppies which have been knitted and crocheted by members of the Sat 27 – Sat 17 November | 10am, Locations across Ripon public or community groups have been sewn onto nets and frames Ripon Trail and will be displayed in shop windows and across Ripon to form a Guard of Honour between Ripon Spa Gardens and Ripon Cathedral. Sat 27 | 10am, Ripon Library In addition, wooden poppies will appear on the roundabouts along ‘Ripon at War’ Exhibition the A61 Ripon bypass, the front of McDonald’s and the Moors Care Home. Lest we forget signs will also appear on all the “Welcome to NOVEMBER Ripon” signs. Thur 1 | 10.30am, Ripon Library Trace your First World War Ancestor

Sat 3 | 11am, opposite North side of the Cathedral Blessing of the new Garden of Remembrance

Sat 3 | 7.30pm, Ripon Cathedral “Remember” Concert – Dishforth Military Wives Choir

Sun 4 | 9am, Ripon Rustic Bridge to Ripon Cathedral Retrace ’s walk into Ripon

Thur 8 | 12.30pm, Ripon Wayside Crucifix Service of Remembrance at Ripon Camp Wayside Shrine (Northern Command Depot) For more information contact Stuart Martin on 07811 390448 or Thur 8 – Sat 10 | Evenings, Ripon Cathedral [email protected] Light Show

Thur 8 | 7pm, Ripon Cathedral 3 October | 6pm, Ripon Cathedral Concert of Remembrance Ripon Cathedral Commemorates - Choral Evensong and Preview Fri 9 | 11am, Ripon Grammar School Ripon Grammar School Act of Remembrance The beginning of Ripon Cathedral’s End of World War 1 Centenary Commemorations. As the Cathedral begins to remember in prayer Fri 9 | 1pm, Ripon Cathedral those from Ripon killed in World War 1, people have an opportunity Service for military children and families to view: ‘There but not There in Ripon Cathedral’ – part of a nationwide Fri 9, 1pm–6pm | Sat 10, 9am–1pm | Sun 11, 1pm–6pm installation for the fallen; two of the iconic silhouettes of a soldier. St John’s Church, Bondgate To the End They Remain ‘Fields of Mud, Seeds of Hope’: an earthy and sculptural piece commemorating those who served in the Great War; five battle Sat 10 | 7.30pm, Ripon Cathedral weary silhouettes trudge home with their backs to the past, facing Britten’s War Requiem – Ripon Choral Society the future. These installations are available for public viewing every day, 9am Sun 11 | 6am, Ripon Cathedral until 5pm, until 14 November. Battle’s Over – lone piper and prayers for peace 3 October – 14 November | 9am–5pm, Ripon Cathedral Sun 11 | 10.45am, Ripon Spa Gardens Fields of Mud, Seeds of Hope Act of Remembrance - including two minutes’ silence, laying of wreaths, followed by civic parade to the Cathedral Fields of Mud, Seeds of Hope is a sculptural piece depicting the return from war. Using wet soil from the site of Ripon’s WW1 military Sun 11 | 11.40am, Ripon Cathedral hospital and donated from the Passchendaele memorial museum, five Service of Remembrance silhouettes will gradually emerge as the soil dries and cracks. 3 November | 7.30pm, Ripon Cathedral “Remember” A concert commemorating the centenary of the end of World War 1, featuring Dishforth Military Wives Choir, with songs from their new album Remember, released this year. On the eve of the centenary of the death of Wilfred Owen the concert will also remember him, giving thanks that he spent his final birthday here in Ripon.

4 November | 9am, Ripon Rustic Bridge to the Cathedral Retrace Wilfred Owen’s walk into Ripon On the centenary of his death in action in France one week before the Armistice, we commemorate the link between Ripon and the celebrated war poet Wilfred Owen by retracing the footsteps of his daily walk into the city from About the artist - Dan Metcalfe the South Camp. We shall pause for prayers and poetry as we Dan studied agriculture at both Askham Bryan and Bishop Burton journey to the Cathedral. colleges. After a short time farming the family farm he set up as a landscaper in an attempt to find an outlet for his growing creativity. Meet at the Ripon Rustic Bridge Whilst no longer in agriculture he remains in touch and influenced at 9am arriving at the Cathedral by the land, nature and the elements and uses his landscapes as a in time for the 10.30am canvas to create, incorporating his earthy love of nature and rural Eucharist. upbringing. 8 November | 12.30pm, Ripon Wayside Crucifix(junction of Limekiln 27 October – 17 November Bank (B6265) and Studley Lane) Ripon Trail A service of Remembrance at Ripon Camp Wayside Shrine (Northern Command Depot) Look for displays and information at locations around Ripon which will Service of Remembrance to honour the British and Canadian troops identify buildings and other areas of who trained at Ripon Camp during World War 1. Ripon which are directly linked to the For additional information please contact St ’s Church, Ripon, soldiers named on Ripon War Memorial. by calling 07388 323328 or by emailing [email protected]

27 October – 17 November | Ripon Library (The Arcade, Ripon) ‘Ripon at War’ Exhibition Ripon Library is hosting an exhibition entitled Ripon at War which will focus on soldiers returning to Ripon after the War, tell stories of the War as shared by local residents and include Home Comforts (World War 1 Hospitals) and Grounds for Appeal (World War 1 tribunal) project banners on loan from County Record Office. Please contact the library for additional information: [email protected]

1 November | 10.30am–12.30pm, Ripon Library (The Arcade, Ripon) Trace your First World War Ancestor Come and learn how to use the online library resource www.ancestry.com to trace your first world war ancestors. Bring with you any details which you know such as name and date of birth or regiment, and discover and print out details from military records and medical records. There is a charge of £1 to cover printed materials. Contact the library for additional details and to book a place: 01609 536623 or [email protected]

3 November | 11am, opposite North side of the Cathedral Opening of the Garden of Remembrance The new Garden of Remembrance will be blessed for the first time and standards lowered in honour of the fallen from previous conflicts. People will then be invited to place a wooden cross in the grassed area in remembrance of their loved ones who lost their lives through war. For more information contact Sahi Jeet Bahadur on 07881 436741. 8–10 November | Evenings, Ripon Cathedral 9 November | 11am, Ripon Grammar School Memorial Field Light Show of Remembrance Ripon Grammar School Act of Remembrance A Light Show of Remembrance over a three-day period, starting on The whole school will be remembering the boys who died in both 8 November, which will include images of those people from Ripon world wars. who fought, and the names of those who fell, in World War 1. For more information, please email [email protected]. Please be aware that road closures will be in place on Duck Hill, Bedern Bank and Bank on 8–10 November from 5.30pm – 10pm whilst the light show is active. For more information about access please contact Stuart Martin on 07811 390448 or email [email protected].

Joseph Priestley

8 November | 7pm–9.30pm, Ripon Cathedral Concert of Remembrance

A Concert of Remembrance with the Dishforth Military Wives Choir, 9 November | 1pm, Ripon Cathedral Ripon City Band, Military Kids Club Heroes Service in the Nave of Ripon Schools’ Choir, Ripon Cathedral poetry by Wilfred Owen and a Light 600 children and young people from Service families from 30 schools Show on the front of across the county will gather together for their sixth annual Service the Cathedral. of Remembrance. The theme this year is ‘There But not There’ As part of the Concert of Remembrance Wilfred Owen’s bugle will drawing on reflections of World War 1 and the fact that for many be used to play The Last Post. of these young people, their lives are often affected by their serving parent’s absence. The event brings Service Children together for Tickets are £8 each and available from Stuff4offices, Newton’s reflection and support as well as to celebrate all that they bring to Solicitors, Sun Parlour Café or The Wakeman Café. their school communities. For more information about the concert please contact Stuart Martin on 07811 390448 or [email protected]

Joseph Priestley

9 – 11 November | Varying times (see below), St John’s, Bondgate To the End They Remain The event will be over three consecutive days (Friday 1pm–6pm, Saturday 9am–1pm and Sunday 1pm–6pm). There will be a cascade of poppies and other decorations, poetry Joseph Priestley readings and other activities for all ages. For more information please email [email protected]. 10 November | 7.30pm, Ripon Cathedral A concert by Ripon Choral Society - War Requiem by Benjamin Britten A moving end to the Ripon Choral Society’s World War 1 concert series which began in 2014, this large-scale masterpiece is one of the landmarks of modern music. Britten uses Wilfred Owen’s poetry to expose the horrors of war and this powerful work leaves the audience in no doubt about the importance of reconciliation. Helen Tabor

A percentage of ticket sales will go to the Ripon Branch of the Royal Ripon Choral Society British Legion.

Saturday 10 November Reserved seating tickets £22; 2018, 7.30pm unreserved seating tickets £20 Ripon Cathedral (student concessions available). Britten Tickets available soon at riponchoralsociety.org.uk or via War the ticket hotline 07986 861332 or at the Ripon Cathedral shop. Requiem Design: Helen Tabor, [email protected] John Dunford - conductor Let us sleep now... Samantha Hay - soprano For further ticket enquiries, email James Oxley - tenor Matthew Brook - baritone riponchoralsocietytickets@ Orchestra D’Amici With thanks to our sponsors: The Potter Group | Mattioli Woods plc Details correct at time of going to press. hotmail.com. Tickets: £22 reserved; £20 unreserved (student concessions available). Book online at riponchoralsociety.org.uk For up-to-date information, please visit Tel: Ticket Hotline on 07736 759 930; in person: Ripon Cathedral Shop

11 November – The Centenary of the Armistice www.discoverripon.org Acts of Remembrance 6am, Ripon Cathedral Battle’s Over As part of a nationwide act of remembrance, a lone piper, from the With funding awarded from North Air Training Corps, will play ‘Battle’s Over’, to salute those who so Yorkshire County Council and the County generously gave their lives during World War 1. Councillor Locality Budgets scheme A prayer of peace will follow.

10.45am, War Memorial, Spa Gardens Act of Remembrance Ceremony at the war memorial in Spa Gardens, including two minutes’ silence and the laying of wreaths by the Mayor of the City and other local and Service organisations. This will be followed by a civic parade to Ripon Cathedral which, this year, will include 240 young people representing those soldiers named on the Ripon War Memorial.

Helen Tabor

11.40am, Ripon Cathedral Service of Remembrance All are welcome to the City’s service of remembrance for all those who have given their lives during war led by the . Addresses will be given by the Rt Revd Nicholas Baines, Bishop of , and Joseph Priestley Bishop Ralf Meister of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover, Germany. The service ends with an act of commitment to peace and the singing of the National Anthem.