Page 5 - Barnsley Remembers: Remembering 100 years since the end of WW1

How Dear Is Life: Poetry, Conflict & the First World War
Sat 10 Nov
Reading: 11.30am–12.30pm Workshop: 12.45pm–2.30pm Experience Barnsley
In 2014, poet and author Steve Ely was one of four poets commissioned by the Poetry Society to write a response to the First World War
on the occasion of its centenary.
Ely’s response, How Dear Is Life, takes its title from Henry Williamson’s vivid, touching and neglected autobiographical account of life
in the trenches.
At this event Ely will read the whole of How Dear Is Life for the first time and then lead a poetry workshop in which participants can try their hand at war poetry. Part of the Hear My Voice Project.
Free. Suitable for 16+. Booking essential. email: hearmyvoice@barnsley.gov.uk (No experience necessary)
Civic Remembrance Service
Sun 11 Nov | 10.45am–12.45pm Town Hall War Memorial,
St Mary’s Church, Barnsley
Remembrance service at the Town Hall War Memorial followed by unveiling of the replica Barnsley PALS flags at St Mary’s Church at 12.15pm.
Penistone Remembers
Sun 11 Nov | Penistone town centre
A day of activities in Penistone town centre to mark 100 years since the
end of the First World War. Events
will include film screenings, theatre, music, heritage trails, a commemorative service and beacon lighting as part of the national ‘Beacons of Light – Battle’s Over’ campaign.
Tankersley First World War Commemoration
Various dates including Sun 11 Nov
Tankersley
The community are developing a walking trail with historical markers, educational activities with local schools and a new memorial bench to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War. The events will culminate in a bonfire and beacon lighting on Sunday 11 November.
This is part of the national ‘Beacons of Light – Battle’s Over’ campaign.
Hunshelf: Beacons of Light –
Battle’s Over
Sun 11 Nov | Green Moor
Green Moor will be lighting their
beacon to join the national campaign.
Remembrance Service
Sun 11 Nov | 10.45am
Old Lacewood site, Bolton upon Dearne
Service of remembrance.