A Heritage Lottery grant of £16,710 has been awarded to Flintham Society for a project looking at the impact of the first world war on life in the village.
Mrs Sue Clayton, secretary of Flintham Society, which is undertaking a project about the first world war.Keeping the Home Fires Burning? will look at agriculture, social life, education, employment, religion, the village economy, housing and health, population and migration, and gender issues.
It will focus mainly on those left behind while the men went to fight in France, looking at women, children and older residents and how their lives, and the village, changed.
The head of Heritage Lottery Fund East Midlands, Emma Sayer, said: “As we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war many people will want to learn more about the individual stories that will make this world-shattering event relevant on a personal level.
“The emphasis on the families left behind will quite literally bring the conflict home to people.”
The project will look at how agricultural, social and cultural rhythms of life were disrupted; how women took over traditional male roles; how education was affected and whether employment patterns changed.
It will investigate how people’s eating and shopping habits changed.
It will build on material already held at Flintham Museum.
School log books, church documents, newspapers and resources kept by the University of Nottingham Manuscript Department, as well as external resources such as the 1911 census, the 1910 Land Tax Survey and the National Archives at Kew will be used.
The findings will be put on the museum website and a dedicated blog. The project will end with an exhibition at the village hall.
The grant will allow basic conservation of archives housed in outbuildings at Flintham Hall, which are at risk of deterioration.
Young people taking their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award will receive database training so the museum card catalogue can be computerised.
Mrs Sue Clayton, secretary of Flintham Society, said many people were skilled in researching their own family history but tended to work in isolation.
She said: “Our project aims to utilise those skills and apply them to the more communal activity of researching the village history. This will inspire us to use the material in different ways and also bring people together.”
From: http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/news/Impact-of-war-on-village-life
Mrs Sue Clayton, secretary of Flintham Society, which is undertaking a project about the first world war.Keeping the Home Fires Burning? will look at agriculture, social life, education, employment, religion, the village economy, housing and health, population and migration, and gender issues.
It will focus mainly on those left behind while the men went to fight in France, looking at women, children and older residents and how their lives, and the village, changed.
The head of Heritage Lottery Fund East Midlands, Emma Sayer, said: “As we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war many people will want to learn more about the individual stories that will make this world-shattering event relevant on a personal level.
“The emphasis on the families left behind will quite literally bring the conflict home to people.”
The project will look at how agricultural, social and cultural rhythms of life were disrupted; how women took over traditional male roles; how education was affected and whether employment patterns changed.
It will investigate how people’s eating and shopping habits changed.
It will build on material already held at Flintham Museum.
School log books, church documents, newspapers and resources kept by the University of Nottingham Manuscript Department, as well as external resources such as the 1911 census, the 1910 Land Tax Survey and the National Archives at Kew will be used.
The findings will be put on the museum website and a dedicated blog. The project will end with an exhibition at the village hall.
The grant will allow basic conservation of archives housed in outbuildings at Flintham Hall, which are at risk of deterioration.
Young people taking their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award will receive database training so the museum card catalogue can be computerised.
Mrs Sue Clayton, secretary of Flintham Society, said many people were skilled in researching their own family history but tended to work in isolation.
She said: “Our project aims to utilise those skills and apply them to the more communal activity of researching the village history. This will inspire us to use the material in different ways and also bring people together.”
From: http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/news/Impact-of-war-on-village-life
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