Tomorrow, 4th August 2014 sees the 100 year anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1 and Salford is remembering the barbaric slaughter in all kinds of ways. Here's a selection…
Big Poppy Picnic – Ordsall Hall
Sunday 3rd August 2-4pm free…
Today sees a picnic in the grounds of Ordsall Hall, complete with human poppies, performance, music, poetry, art and film screenings. There's also a sing-along to a selection of wartimes songs, a craft marquee and tweeting poppies – which, apparently are freshly gown poppies that, using technology, `tweet their thoughts' after checking the warmth, moisture and conditions from their soil beds. A poppy artwork app will also be launched.
After today, the poppy artwork created at the event will go on display in the as a bedspread in the Great Chamber, while mosaic poppies created will also be installed within the grounds of Ordsall Hall. For further details click here
Follow the tweets @tweetingpoppy Further details on the project - click here
Mud, Sweat and Tears
Ordsall Hall until 28th September
An exhibition about the part that Ordsall Hall played in WW1 with the story of Ordsall's allotments. For further details - click here
World War One: Myths and Realities
Working Class Movement Library
Opens Wednesday 6th August
Explores topics such as the soldiers who refused to fight, why some young Salfordians were so eager to enlist, and the strength of the anti-war movement. The exhibition is open Wednesdays to Fridays 1-5pm. During the autumn there is also a series of talks to accompany the exhibition…
24th September: The Art of WW1 by John Sculley/ 1st October: Winifred Letts, local poet by Cynthia Greenwood/ 8th October: British trade unions and the First World War by John Newsinger. Further details - click here
Centenary Connections
A smart phone app and website created by 26 organisations in Greater Manchester. Led by IWM North and including Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Ordsall Hall and The Lowry, the free app allows users to virtually tour Greater Manchester, and see material kept in museums, archives, libraries and galleries throughout the area.
Categories include Animals (16million were `in service'); Breaking the Mould (featuring the war story of a nurse, Sister Minnie Wood, trained at Salford Royal Infirmary and her caring heroism); Frontline (accounts of people fighting on the front line); Life at Home (includes a photo of a lady bus conductor in Salford); Medical (includes a photo of the military hospital on Langworthy Road); and Sport (includes the story of the Footballers' Battalion which fought at the Battle of the Somme in 1916).
The Centenary Connections mobile app, available for both iOS and Android users, can be downloaded free at www.centenaryconnections.org where the content can also be viewed.
100 Years Ago: Salford at War exhibition
Salford Museum and Art Gallery
until 15 November 2015
An exhibition featuring Salford's part in WW1, including a focus on
Broughton poet, Winifred Mabel Letts, Billy Unsworth, a soldier from Ordsall, Albert Batty, who served in an ambulance unit and Dr James Niven, who helped fight the Spanish Flu pandemic.
There's also the Dress of Deep Sorrow, an installation by Ruth Fettis and Jo Palmer telling the story of war, and inspired by a box of photographs and love letters found in a tin belonging to Ruth's grandmother - for further details click here
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