Earlier this year the Royal British Legion launched a national campaign to plant poppies across the UK during the centenary period, in commemoration of all those who lost their lives in the First World War. Some of our Research Volunteers joined Hall Place Estate Manager Tony Nield and Bexley Museum Collections
As part of our WElling WILL REMEMBER THEM project we recently ran some Welling in the War workshops for children of primary school age to learn alongside a chosen grown-up. We were pleased to welcome Mums, Dads and Grandparents. Around 30 families took part over three sessions and learned about the First
Last month 17 researchers involved in our Heritage Lottery Funded WElling WILL REMEMBER project crossed the channel to Ypres to visit the Battlefields. We have spent over a year looking at the stories of the men from East Wickham and Welling who fought in the First World War and this
The Trust is delighted that the Belvedere Concert Band will be performing a Summer Charity Concert, in aid of Carers’ Support (Bexley) and St Michael’s Church. They will be playing a selection of popular pieces, including music to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War. Venue: St Michael’s Church, Upper
Woodland’s Farm is one of the Trust’s favourite community projects as it reaches out to the young and old alike and we were therefore very pleased to be able to award a £15,000 grant towards a new educational building which will benefit the whole community. It has been very appropriate
On the evening of Saturday 12th April 2014 it was a great privilege for many of our research volunteers to be present at the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. One of our researchers, Tim Dowling, is an Officer Cadet with the OTC at his University
It is with great sadness that we announce that Colin Hopkins, a Governor of the Trust for the last 12 years, died on Tuesday 18th March 2014. Colin was a former District Commissioner of East Wickham & Welling Scouts, an active supporter of the 2nd East Wickham Scout Group and
For those interested in taking part in researching the First World War locally, or recording your own relative’s story, you may like to participate in one of two local Heritage Lottery funded projects. The Greenwich Heritage Centre will be launching their Family Stories of the Great War: Family Histories from War
We are delighted that we have been able to send a donation of £1,600 to our chosen charity for the year, Hounds for Heroes. Each year we choose a charity that supports the armed services for our retiring collection at the Festival of Remembrance, where we remember the men from
We are delighted that Lesley Platt, great niece of survivor Frederick Burman, has written up his story and has also joined our Research Volunteers, to help to research and write up the remaining stories. Fellow survivor and prisoner of war Augustus Peyto’s history is now also available to read on
