'HOME FIRES: A HAUNTING STORY OF LOVE AND LOSS DURING THE GREAT WAR'

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GET INVOLVED! Share your stories and family memories, join our oral history programme,take part in the show, volunteer!

2014 marks the Centenary of the First World War, a landmark anniversary for Britain and the world. Home Fires is a new arts / heritage project and brand new play by Sara Clifford with Zap Art, exploring the role Newhaven, Seaford and their surrounding villages played during the First World War.

Home Fires is part of the First World War Centenary Partnership's (led by the Imperial War Museum) global programme of events and activities inspiring young and old to connect with the lives, stories and impact of the First World War. Home Fires will explore the impact of the conflict on the lives and families of local Newhaven and Seaford people at the time and for generations to follow.

Home Fires will include school and community workshops alongside oral history training for volunteers. The creative team will work in collaboration with Newhaven Fort and other local history organisations, such as The Keep, Newhaven History Society, Sussex Archaeological Society, Seaford Museum and Brighton University as well as local schools , colleges, armed forces veterans and other community groups .

Home Fires will culminate in an exciting, large scale theatrical experience at Newhaven Fort 18th-21st March 2015 with music, dance, sound installations, projections, professional performance and mass community participation.

Home Fires will be launched at Newhaven Fort on 1 November as part of the Royal British Legion's East Sussex Poppy Appeal Launch Event.http://www.newhavenfort.org.uk/

 Getting involved:

There will be plenty of opportunities for members of the community to get involved. We are inviting people to contribute their stories and memories or take part in free oral history training sessions delivered by the University of Brighton Centre For Research in Memory Narrative & Histories.If you would like to get involved in this fantastic project, join a workshop, take part in the show, volunteer, share your experiences, stories or family photos, please come and see us at the Fort on 1st November, or get in touch!

 

Contact: Sara Clifford

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Keep up to date through our Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Home-Fires-A-haunting-story-of-love-and-loss-during-the-Great-War/146208122219503

To find out more about Inroads Productions or Zap Art, please visit:

www.inroads.org.uk and www.zapuk.com

This page was added by Veronica Stephens on 31/10/2014.
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FREE ORAL HISTORY TRAINING - BOOK NOW!!

Home Fires will be working in partnership with University of Brighton Centre For Research in Memory Narrative and Histories and Newhaven based life history specialists, Spoken Memoires.

As part of the programme, we are offering FREE oral history training, delivered by Dr. Sam Carroll from University of Brighton.

13th November and 11th December, 6.30pm – 8.30pm, we will be running Oral History Training sessions at the Hillcrest Community Centre. 

DO YOU HAVE ANY STORIES OR FAMILY MEMORIES ABOUT WW1 YOU WANT TO SHARE? 

On 6th December we are inviting people to come along and share their stories and family photos at a drop in reminiscence session and oral history collection day for trainees (time & venue TBC) 

If you'd like to sign up for the training or have a story to tell, please get in touch : newhavenww1@gmail.com

By Veronica Stephens
On 01/11/2014

On 6th December, 10.30-am – 3.30pm, we are inviting people to come along and share their stories and family photos at a drop in reminiscence session and oral history collection day for trainees at Meeching Hall (Fort Road, Newhaven)

Delivered in partnership with Dr. Sam Carroll (University of Brighton Centre for Research in Memory Narrative and Histories) and Spoken Memoirs (Newhaven based company specialising in life history interviewing and oral history training)

By Veronica Stephens
On 13/11/2014
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