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The First World War OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST Lancaster & Event Highlights NOW AND THEN – LINKING PAST WITH THE PRESENT… Westfield War Memorial Village The First The son of the local architect, Thomas Mawson, was killed in April Morecambe District 1915 with the King’s Own. The Storey family who provided the land of World War Sat Jun 21 – Sat Oct 18 Mon Aug 4 Wed Sep 3 Sat Nov 8 the Westfield Estate and with much local fundraising the village was First World War Centenary War! 1914 – Lancaster and the Kings Own 1pm - 2pm Origins of the Great War All day ‘Britons at War 1914 – 1918’ 7:30pm - 10pm Lancaster and established in the 1920s and continued to be expanded providing go to War, Exhibition Lunchtime Talk by Paul G.Smith District Male Voice Choir Why remember? Where: Lancaster City Museum, Market Where: Lancaster City Museum, Where: Barton Road Community Centre, Where: The Chapel, University accommodation for soldiers and their families. The village has it’s Square, Lancaster Market Square, Lancaster Barton Road, Bowerham, Lancaster. of Cumbria, Lancaster own memorial, designed by Jennifer Delahunt, the art mistress at Tel: 01524 64637 T: 01524 64637 Tel: 01524 751504 Tel: 01524 582396 EVENTS, ACTIVITIES AND TRAIL GUIDE the Storey Institute, which shows one soldier providing a wounded In August 2014 the world will mark the one hundredth Sat Jun 28 Mon Aug 4 Sat Sep 6 Sun Nov 9 soldier with a drink, not the typical heroic memorial one usually anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. All day Meet the First World War Soldier 7pm - 9pm “Your Remembrances” Talk All day Centenary of the Church Parade of 11am Remembrance Sunday But why should we remember? Character at the City Museum Where: Meeting Room, King’s Own Royal the ‘Lancaster Pals’ of the 5th Battalion, Where: Garden of Remembrance, finds. From the idea of “homes for heroes” and a group of right Where: Lancaster City Museum, Regiment Museum, City Museum, New King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Lancaster Town Hall and The Priory people at the right time Westfield Village was born. The First World War was a turning point in world history. Market Square, Lancaster Street, Lancaster, LA1 1HT Where: Lancaster Priory & Parish Tel: 01524 582396 Take part T: 01524 64637 £3 Admission, Church, Lancaster It claimed the lives of over 16 million people across the www.wfanlancs.co.uk www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com Sun Nov 9 Caton Road, Carriage and Wagon Works globe and had a huge impact on those who experienced it. in this Global Sat Jun 28 11am Remembrance Sunday Commemoration 10am - 11am Follow the footsteps of Sat Sep 6 Where: Morecambe Cenotaph and The 5th Battalion of the King’s Own were billeted in the disused The war and its consequences shaped much of the your Family in W.W.1 PM Only - Meet the First World War The Platform, Morecambe Wagon Works for a couple of days in August 1914, within days of twentieth century, and the impact of it can still be felt today. locally… Where: Lancaster Library, Market Soldier Character at the City Museum Tel: 01524 582808 Square, Lancaster Where: Lancaster City Museum, their departure, work began to convert the site to a prisoner of war, Now, one hundred years after it began, the centenary T: 01524 751504 Market Square, Lancaster or internment camp. Germans and Austrians who were in Britain events are ensuring those who lived, fought and served Sat Jun 28 Mon Sep 8 at the time the war started were brought here, some were German during the years 1914-18 will be remembered. 10am – 4pm Commemoration of Armed 1pm - 2pm Lancaster, The King’s Own waiters from hotels in Manchester and merchant seamen from Forces Day. Day of events in and around and the First Days of the Great War ships in British harbours on the 4th August 1914. The Wagon Works the Castle grounds and Market Square. Lunchtime Talk by Peter Donnelly Lancaster Military Heritage Group. Where: Lancaster City Museum, Market was used as a POW camp well into 1915. Tel.01524 811396 Square, Lancaster Fri Aug 8 www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com Sat Jun 28 11am and 7pm Guided Tours of 11am and 3pm Guided Walks “Beyond the Bowerham Barracks with Peter Donnelly Thu Sep 11 - Sun Sep 14 Castle” with Jason Wood. curator of the KORR Museum. All day Heritage Open Days Where: Outside the Castle main gates. Where: Reception at University of Where: Various locations Sun Nov 9 www.lancaster.gov.uk/WW1 Cumbria, Bowerham Road, Lancaster. www.lancaster.gov.uk/heritageopendays Military Tour of Lancaster Cemetery. www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com The Civic Society Sat Jun 28 Mon Sep 15 Where: Lancaster Top Cemetery 7pm - 8pm Lecture by Allan Mallinson Thu Aug 14 1pm - 2pm Picture Postcards Tel: 01524 382097 “That Lancaster on Lune may stand All day Centenary of the departure of the Great War secure” of the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lunchtime Talk by Fergus Read Mon Dec 8 Where: The Storey, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster Regiment Where: Lancaster City Museum, Market 1pm - 2pm Christmas in the Trenches Lancaster, LA1 1TH T: 01524 64637 Square, Lancaster Lunchtime Talk Buffet Supper can be purchased. www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com Where: Lancaster City Museum, T: 01539 821977 to book. Sat Aug 23, Tue Aug 26 Market Square, Lancaster All day Meet the First World War Soldier www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com FAMILY HISTORY AND Sun Jun 29 Character at the City Museum 11:30am - 12:30pm Service in the Priory Where: Lancaster City Museum, RESOURCES AVAILABLE Church commemorating the Last Days Market Square, Lancaster Bowerham Barracks of Peace The following organisations have a wealth of resources, Where: Lancaster Priory Church, LA1 1YZ Sun Aug 31 The Regimental Depot of the King’s Own Royal Regiment, now The much of it online in order to research local families and www.lancasterpriory.org.uk 7:30pm - 9:30pm Catwalks guided walk Lancaster Campus of the University of Cumbria, was opened in - Men, Munitions and Morale histories connected with the First World War. Where: Lancaster Castle Main Gates 1880 and many thousands of men were to be trained here. In the www.lancaster.gov.uk/WW1 First World War it was to here that reservists were called up, had King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum, their kit issued and then headed to camps in the south of England to Market Square, Lancaster, LA1 1HT SUPPORTING PARTNERS: Mon Sep 1 Mon 29 Sept – Sun 2 Nov www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com 1pm - 2pm Lancashire in the Great War ‘I Remember’ Exhibition by Darren continue training and then be posted overseas. Whilst new buildings Catwalks Guided Walks, Drama Factory, The Dukes Theatre, Lunchtime Talk Andrews, Faces of War have been added much of the original barracks can still be seen, Tim Padfield of BBC Radio Lancashire Where: The Dukes Gallery Lancashire County Council’s Libraries and Records Office Global Link, King’s Own Royal Regiment Museums, Lancashire Where: Lancaster City Museum, The Dukes, Lancaster including the Armoury, Officer’s Mess, Barrack Blocks and Archive Service, Lancashire Record Bow Lane Preston, County Council, Lancashire Family History Museum, Lancaster Market Square, Lancaster www.dukes-lancaster.org Married Quarters. PR1 2RE Castle, Lancaster City Council, Lancaster Civic Society, Lancaster T: 01524 64637 Sat Oct 4 – Sun Oct 12 http://new.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives District Family History Group, Lancaster Guardian, Lancaster Mon Sep 1 Witnessing for Peace Site of Dallas Road Drill Hall The Regimental Museums Military Heritage Group, Lancaster Priory, Lancaster University, 7pm - 9pm North Lancashire Branch Exhibition, talks and other events, No trace now remains of the home of the “Lancaster Gunners” Mon Jul 7 Western Front Association Talk Where: The Friends Meeting House, www.armymuseums.org.uk Poulton Heritage Group, The Quakers, Westfield Memorial Village. Open 7pm “Why did I do it? Answering Where: Meeting Room, King’s Own Royal Meeting House Lane, Lancaster LA1 1TX the local Territorial unit of the Royal Artillery. The large drill hall my grandfather’s question.” Talk Regiment Museum, City Museum, New www.lancsquakers.org.uk had plenty of space for the guns, but once they’d left for the Western Lancaster District Family History Group Where: Meeting Room, King’s Own Royal Street, Lancaster, LA1 1HT. www.lfhg.org Regiment Museum, City Museum, New £3 Admission, Wed Oct 8 Front the site was used by the Army Remount Service which Street, Lancaster, LA1 1HT Tel: 01524 751504 2pm – 4.30pm Supporting the War whilst obtained horses for military use – at both home and overseas. The Quakers FIND OUT MORE… £3 Admission Working for Peace? Workshop www.lancsquakers.org.uk Tel: 01524 64637 Lancaster University’s Regional Hosting www.lancaster.gov.uk/WW1 Centre National Projectile Factory Lancaster University Sun Jul 13, Sun Aug 10 & 31 Where: The Friends’ Meeting House, 7:30pm - 9:30pm Catwalks guided Meeting House Lane, Lancaster. LA1 1TX Nothing remains of the National Projectile Factory on Caton Road, www.lancaster.ac.uk Whilst every care has been taken walk - Men, Munitions and Morale £10/£8 Admission located between the Shell Garage and Lancaster Canal, but this LancasterWW1 Where: Lancaster Castle Main Gates Tel: 01524 593770 to book to ensure accuracy in this leaflet once massive industrial site produced munitions for the war. www.lancaster.gov.uk/WW1 Lancaster City Council cannot accept Fri Oct 10 – Sat Oct 25 responsibility for any errors or http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/npfcatonrd.ht TER D Thu July 17, 24, 31 and Thu Aug 7 & 14 ‘A Farewell to Arms’ Stage adaptation omissions. All details are correct S IST A R C I 7:30pm - 9:30pm Catwalks guided walk of Ernest Hemingway’s great war time at the time of print but unexpected N C A T - Men, Munitions and Morale love story.
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