WW1 Day
Following an invite from The Western Front Association, the 17th Pals’ Band were invited to perform during a First World War Open Day at Vestry House Museum in Walthamstow on Saturday the 15th September 2018 and was to mark the end of the First World War.
The band marched from Orford Road, E17, around past St Mary’s Church and ending up at Vestry House Museum. Marches played included Bridlington, Shamrock and Georgia. There was a brief welcoming speed by the Mayor of Waltham Forest and at 11am. prompt the buglers played Last Post followed by one minutes silence and then Reveille.
This was an all day event and included a number of items including:
- Walter Spradbery – Artist in War and Peace – displays explores some of the lesser known parts of the artist’s life: his pacifism, work in the RAMC, the musical and the artistic events he held at his home in Buckhurst Hill. Walter Spadberry is best known for his London Transport poster designs.
- School Displays – contributions from Kelmscott, Lammas, Norlington and Walthamstow School for Girls
- Leyton Historical Society and Walthamstow Historical Society – what was our borough like a 100 years ago?
- Walthamstow Family History Society – find your WWI family
- A Red Cross nurse’s scrapbook
- Home Front Kitchen – examining many aspects of life at home during wartime
- Royal British Legion
- Silver Lining Display – from WW1 to the Welfare State in Waltham Forest
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission – learn about the work the CWGC does looking after cemeteries and graves all over the world (including St Mary’s itself)
