Events
Free local events, organised by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Learning, will be held across the UK on the weekend of 8 and 9 November to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War One. People will have the opportunity to:
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find out more about the part played by their family and local area during the War
- upload personal family World War One memorabilia to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ online Remembrance wall at bbc.co.uk/remembrance
- experience aspects of what life was like during the War years for themselves.
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All events are free. Details of the locations are detailed below but fuller details will be available from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Remembrance website and local ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ outlets, venues and libraries.
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Learning Executive Louise Wordsworth said: "We want to help people re-engage with the act of Remembrance on a personal level by encouraging them to share their family stories of the Great War and learn about what happened to the soldiers that came from their local areas.
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"I think it's true to say that we are all somehow connected to the events of 1914-1918 and this is a real chance for people to find out how their own families were affected.
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"Remembrance is a national but also personal act and we hope that these local events will offer people the chance to unite in the memories of their loved one as well as giving visitors the opportunity to see what life would have been like for those living and fighting in the Great War."
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Friday 7 and Saturday 8 November
- East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire - Hull city centre including ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Open Centre; Hull College; Hull libraries
- Wales - Cenotaph by the Tourist Information Office, Caerphilly
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Saturday 8 November
- West - STEAM (The Museum of the Great Western Railway), Swindon
- West Midlands - National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
- South West – Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, Bodmin, Cornwall and Exeter Central Library
- Scotland - Carmondean Library, West Lothian; Aberdeenshire libraries and colleges; Penicuik library, Midlothian; Greenock library, Inverclyde; Leith and Edinburgh libraries; libraries and colleges in East Dunbartonshire
- East Midlands - Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery
- Northern Ireland – Somme Heritage Centre, Belfast
- North-East & Cumbria - Durham Light Infantry Museum
- South-East - Newhaven Fort, East Sussex
- South - WW1 Hall at the Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset
- North-West – Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool; Imperial War Museum North, Manchester; ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Centre, Blackburn
- London - Imperial War Museum
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Sunday 9 November
- East of England - Duxford Imperial War Museum
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Tuesday 11 November
- East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire – Museum of Lincolnshire Life
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