Reminder. Please remember that our next meeting is this coming Friday 25 April 2014 and that there has been a change of programme. Instead of the topic advertised on the programme card, David Freke will be giving an illustrated talk “In Loving Memory: Kineton Churchyard survey results.”
Outings 2014 Tickets for the three summer outings will be on sale at this meeting.
Friday 20 June 2014 Evening visit to Southam.
Friday 18 July 2014 Evening visit to Cropredy
Saturday 9 August 2014 Day coach outing to Acton Scott Historic Working Farm
First World War
K&DLHG will be marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War with a talk by Chris Holland ‘August 1914: When Warwickshire went to War’ at our meeting on Friday 17 October 2014.
Before then the Pillertons are holding an event ‘Pillerton at War’ in Pillerton Priors Village Hall on Sunday 18 May 2014 at 7.00pm in aid of the Pillerton War Memorial Appeal. Full details in the flyer in separate News article.
Help. One of the speakers/ organisers, James Kerr (email jk@jameskerr.co.uk) , has also asked for our help: “I am looking for a photograph of Henry Valentine Mills, the local squire in Pillerton who was killed in 1917 and lived in the Manor – just wondered if you might have one, apparently he sat on the bench of the magistrates court in Kineton before the war.”
The Warwickshire Library and Information Service is also organising a First World War Project (see second flyer below)
With best wishes
Peter Ashley-Smith, K&DLHG secretary
23 April 2014
Warwickshire Library and Information Service
First World War Project
A new project is being launched at Rugby, Leamington and Nuneaton libraries to gather photographs of Warwickshire people who lived through the First World War.
The project will collect information about local people who fought in the War or those who stayed at home to commemorate the centenary. The photographs and biographical information will be put into a booklet available to borrow from libraries and displays will be exhibited in September.
Anyone who has photographs of a Warwickshire relation is asked to contact the relevant library to book an appointment with a library volunteer to get their material scanned. Scanning days are available at Rugby, Leamington and Nuneaton on;
Wednesday 14th May 2014
Unfortunately, unless an appointment is made beforehand it will not be possible to scan material on the day, however, more sessions may be available at a later date.
May
June
Louise Essex, Senior Librarian, Local Studies says, “We are expecting lots of people to come forward with fascinating stories to tell about their relations. We are interested in those who fought and also those who stayed behind; the men in protected industries and the women who looked after their families or those who worked on the land or in factories.
For more information please e-mail; librarylocalstudies@warwickshire.gov.uk or speak to a member of staff at one of the three libraries.