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WW1 Armistice - 100 Years Commemoration in Hollowell Village Hall

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Title: WW1 Armistice - 100 Years Commemoration in Hollowell Village Hall
Description: In November 2018 the country marked 100 years since the end of WW1 with a series of events.

Jan and Crawford Craig and Viv Benjamin made a display of WW1 pictures and memorabilia in the Village Hall.

1, 2 Some folders of images that was part of the display.

3. Information about William Rhodes-Moorhouse VC.

4-9. There were some display boards giving information about local men who served.

10. This is a triangular bandage with pictures of all the different ways that the bandage can be used to strap up wounded colleagues.

11. This was about some of the men who died in the First World War.

12. A floral display supplied by Viv Benjamin.

In Hollowell there was a small display in the Village Hall in the afternoon, with special reference to the men of Hollowell who died. Tea and biscuits provided. At 6pm there was a Special service of remembrance in the church. This included a dedication of the commemorative bench which was subsequently to be placed in the pocket park. Then at 7pm A beacon was lit in the churchyard and the Hollowell Church bell rang out, joining a peal of bells from churches across the nation.
After this, there were refreshments in the village hall, another chance to see the display and get together with friends and neighbours.
Poppies had been made from bits of plastic bottles et al by Viv Benjamin, Emily Curtis and others and Paul Charter had made a series of silhouettes of WW1 soldiers.
Date: 1910-2020
Place: Hollowell: Church Hill
Rights: Copyright Guilsborough & Hollowell History Society
Source: Crawford Craig
Identifier: H0087
See also: WW1 Armistice Commemoration - A Beacon is Lit; Armistice Display - Silhouette of a Soldier and Poppies outside the Church; WW1 Armistice Poppies and Silhouette of a Man at the Bus Stop; Display of Poppies in the Planter by the Hllowell Dome (Bus stop)

Item sets: Events

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