A great surprise… When we visited Estaires in northern France as part of our project Heart of Conflict (looking at World War One in Cornwall) we found that there were links between the town and Plymouth. Many men from the West Country were stationed at Estaires in the early years of the war. The town provided emergency support, […]
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A great workshop today (Tuesday 22 May 2018) with the Elders’ Group at the Masbro Centre, Hammermith, London. This followed on from our visit to the Wallace Collection last month when we created boxes from gold cardboard. This time, led by Bridging Arts volunteer Katrina Williams, the group created decoupage wooden boxes. The results were […]
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Chester Trelease travelled many thousands of miles in his short life: Chester’s story is one of those featured in our World War One project, Heart of Conflict. He was born in Michigan in 1889 where his father was working as a miner. By the age of eight he had returned with his family to Cornwall […]
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We are delighted to have received Heritage Lottery funding so we can work with Camborne Youth Band on plans to travel to the Menin Gate, Belgium, in August . This is part of our project, Heart of Conflict, marking the centenary of World War One in Cornwall. The Band has been invited to play at […]
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Fantastic today (Saturday 12 May) to see Camborne RFC president Terry Williams present a rugby ball signed by Cornwall and Devon teams to Camborne Youth Band. The Band will take it back to the Western Front 100 years after three historic matches were played there between Cornwall and Devon teams after Camborne Rugby Club sent […]
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A wonderful visit this afternoon to the Wallace Collection in London with the Elders’ group from the Masbro Centre, Hammersmith. We visited the museum’s dazzling collection of furniture, paintings, mirrors and china… not to mention the armoury. We were all inspired to create our own gold boxes at the end in the Education Centre. See […]
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