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Battle of the Somme – today’s fact
The Thiepval Memorial (Anglo/French) in northern France– is the largest war memorial in the world and carries 72,194 names of men who died in the Somme and who have no known grave....
The Thiepval Memorial (Anglo/F...
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Battle of the Somme – another fact for today
Where was the battle of the Somme? It was in northern France near Albert/river Somme, about an hours drive from Calais....
Where was the battle of the So...
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Battle of the Somme – fact for today
The battle of the Somme started on the 1st of July 1916 and ended on the 18th of November 1916 which was a total of 141 days....
The battle of the Somme starte...
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legacy of the Somme
If you didn't know already, it is the 100th anniversary of the battle of the Somme this year. Came across this article in the Guardian....
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Thoughts on postcards
Thanks to David Pinder, a local resident of Mirfield, we have been able to view a vast collection of original WW1 postcards! We thought it would be interesting to ask each of the team what their favourite postcard/postcards are and...
Thanks to David Pinder, a loca...
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The project is taking shape!
After lots of emails and phone calls we now have several schools on board to take part in the project. Castlehall Academy, Mirfield Free Grammar, Gomersal primary, Crossley Fields primary and Ravensthorpe primary schools will all be welcoming Helen and...
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Our new Printmaker and Creative writer!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We're delighted to appoint Helen Peyton - printmaker and Suzanne Hudson - creative writer to join the Postkarte from the Front team. Helen and Suzanne will be working with local primary schools soon.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
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