After many months of work, the digitally restored Farnhill Methodist WW1 Roll of Honour was unveiled during our exhibition “From Farnhill to the Front” on Saturday 10th November 2018. Here’s a close-up: The digitally restored roll will be mounted, in an oak frame with UV-filter glass, in the Main Hall of the Institute in due […]
Below, just a few of the photographs taken during our “From Farnhill to the Front” exhibition on Saturday 10th November 2018. We had a great turn-out: People enjoyed the slideshow: We had displays of artefacts loaned to the project: Upstairs, more displays and room for a coffee and a chat: The Knitwick and Yarnhill […]
We’ve updated our booklet about the Volunteers, which you can download from here. If you have any information on any of these men, particularly the post-war lives of those men who survived the conflict, we’d like to hear from you. Watch out for more material from the project coming in the next few days, as […]
At 11am on 11th November 1918, fighting stopped all over the world and people began to wonder whether they might begin to hope that the war was finally over. In an article we publish today, exactly 100 years after Armistice Day, we examine the thoughts of some of the people of Farnhill and Kildwick, including: […]
Once our From Farnhill to the Front exhibition is over and the quiet contemplation of the Armistice Day centenary has passed, this website will be a hive of activity as the Big Upload of material resulting from the two years of research carried out by members of this project takes place. The material will include: […]
To commemorate the centenary of Armistice Day, members of the project team will be laying a wreath at Kildwick War Memorial, on Sunday 11th November 2018. The project team will also participate in the reading out of names from the War Memorial, which will form part of the St. Andrew’s Church Armistice Day commemorations. Join […]
The work required to conserve the Farnhill Methodist Chapel’s WW1 Roll of Honour is proceeding nicely and we hope to be able to unveil a digitally-restored replica as part of the “From Farnhill to the Front” exhibition. In the meantime, here’s a small glimpse of the conservitor at work. Come along to the Institute on […]
A number of service medals and bravery awards were available to men who fought in WW1. Analysis of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers’ service records has enabled to say which men received which medals and awards for their WW1 service. Article – Volunteers and their medals
Our exhibition, “From Farnhill to the Front”, will take place in the Institute, Main Street, Farnhill, on Saturday 10th November, between 10am and 4pm. We are planning over 500 sq. ft. of display boards, and members of the project are engaged in a series of “sticky evenings” getting them all ready. Here are some photos […]
Time really does fly and it’s difficult to imagine that we are nearly at the end of our two-year Heritage Lottery funded Farnhill World War 1 Volunteers Project. In that time, with help and support from a large number of people, we have successfully researched the lives of the 68 men of Farnhill who volunteered […]
