Bakewell Then and Now
Heritage Lottery Funded Project researching Bakewell stories from the First World War
Heritage Lottery Funded Project researching Bakewell stories from the First World War
Following training by WAT on using Ancestry and British Newspaper Archive, local volunteers have been carried out extensive research and discoved exciting facts, information and stories .
Becky Sheldon from Derbyshire Records Office and Dr Nicola Verdon from Sheffield Hallam University ran fascinating sessions with the volunteers.
The project visited the Old House Museum in Bakewell on March 18th 2018 with behind the scenes access to their WW1 archive.
Becky Sheldon from Derbyshire Records Office and Dr Nicola Verdon from Sheffield Hallam University ran fascinating sessions with the volunteers.
The project visited the Old House Museum in Bakewell on March 18th 2018 with behind the scenes access to their WW1 archive.
Looking at primary school logbooks the project discovered that in May 1915 Lord John Sangers Circus came to town. As a result some Bakewell primary schools closed for the day, and in others attendance was down. In July the year 1s looked at circus history and Sangers circus during WW1 as part of the project.
The celebration of the 250th Anniversary of circuses was in 2018.
The celebration of the 250th Anniversary of circuses was in 2018.
Gertie used the research to run practical sessions with the Year 1 children and Paul worked with them to help them develop written responses to the history and to create the storybook "Belmont and Kitty Go to War", which you can see lower down the page.
The infants had an exciting day of learning at Longshaw’s Moorland Discovery Centre finding out about the auxiliary hospital that was there during WW1.
Having discovered the programmes for the peace celebrations in 1919 at the Old House Museum, Bakewell, the school decided to recreate some of the events on their commemoration day in Nov 2018.
They started with the children’s sports in the morning featuring a running race, a three-legged race, a girls' skipping race and boys' sack football. 100 years ago, as the children have learnt, it was a gender segregated world!
On returning to the school a ceramic memorial was unveiled and all the children were given their copies of the two books that they had contributed to as part of the project.
You can enjoy the books here....
You can enjoy the books here....
"Belmont and Kitty Go to War"
a storybook written by Paul Whitfield with the children of Bakewell Infants, and illustrated by them.
a storybook written by Paul Whitfield with the children of Bakewell Infants, and illustrated by them.
"Bakewell Then and Now"
created using research from the project and featuring creative responses by the children to the historical research.
created using research from the project and featuring creative responses by the children to the historical research.
