Library Spotlight

WEEK B

WEEK BEGINNING 11/11/24

Library Spotlight Digging into the School Archives...

WWI in the Archives

Book of the Week In Memoriam by Alice Winn

On Thursday 7th November, Shells had the opportunity to delve into the school archives with Mrs Hall, our Assistant Archivist, who displayed Teddies memorablilia in the library. Tying in with the Shells’ current History project, the objects on display all related to the First World War. Mrs Hall introduced a selection of fascinating archival documents relating to the First World War. Letters, postcards, annotated maps, and photographs provided a moving insight into the lives of St. Edward’s staff and pupils during the war. We even saw a signed letter from the famous suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst! It was an amazing opportunity for the Shells to handle documents that link the past to the present, and to hear from an archival expert about the importance of preserving historical documents and objects for future generations.

It’s 1914, and the lives of Harry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood are on the brink of catastrophic change. They’re not yet old enough to fight and, with their own internal conflicts to face, war seems far away. But fate has other plans. When Harry enlists, Sidney and their schoolmates follow him into the horrors of the trenches.

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