Farlington First World War community heritage project
People of all ages were involved in a project to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War thanks to a £10,000 cash injection from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The project called Honouring Farlington’s Fallen involved researching the lives of the 51 men listed on the Farlington First World War memorial in St Andrew’s Churchyard in Havant Road and responding creatively to their stories.
The project was devised by the Church of England parish of Farlington and Splodge Designs, a Hayling Island-based creative and inclusive arts company and was the inspiration of the former Student Minister Julie Minter. (Julie is now The Revd Julie Jackson and Assistant Curate of St Wilfrid's Cowplain.)
involve were Solent Junior School, 2nd Farlington Guides, 70th Portsmouth (1st Drayton) Scout Group, members of Portsdown U3A and Alexandra Rose Care Home and other individuals interested in community heritage.
Clare Jefferson-Jones from Splodge Designs said: “Over the last 17 years Splodge Designs has shared its skills through community participation across the generations covering all abilities to create individual works, commissions, and site-specific installations.
“Splodge has been particularly active in working on heritage projects to find ways for local schools, groups and residential homes to creatively learn more about their local heritage.
“Over the past few years Splodge have been involved in many projects including the HMS Alliance, the M33 and the Gallipoli conflict, Gosport in the First World War, Dickens in Portsmouth, Arthur Conan Doyle and Chichester’s Roman history.”
The groups involved joined in interactive teaching sessions and workshops for the schoolchildren, uniformed groups and care home residents and had the opportunity to help create two pieces of artwork: a fabric banner to hang inside St Andrew’s Church and a piece of artwork sited outside the Church of the Resurrection in Drayton.
The project also involved creating its own website to tell the stories of the men through words, pictures and audio soundtracks voiced by those involved in the project. Photos of the two pieces of artwork will also be on there. There was to be a leaflet produced to share the stories of the men which will be available from the church and in the local community. Such is the success of the hard work of those researching that this became a thirty-two page booklet.
Julie said at the time “This is a really exciting project which will bring the community together to discover more about our local heritage."
“By working together to research the lives of these men and then responding creatively to their stories we hope that all those involved will feel more connected to these men and never forget the sacrifices that they made to secure peace in our world.
“We would like to say a huge thank you to National Lottery players for making this project possible.”
The project culminated in a public exhibition in the Church of the Resurrection and then St Andrew’s Church in November 2018 and the artworks were unveiled on 10th November 2018 in time for for Remembrance Sunday, and Armistice Day, the day after.
People of all ages were involved in a project to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War thanks to a £10,000 cash injection from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The project called Honouring Farlington’s Fallen involved researching the lives of the 51 men listed on the Farlington First World War memorial in St Andrew’s Churchyard in Havant Road and responding creatively to their stories.
The project was devised by the Church of England parish of Farlington and Splodge Designs, a Hayling Island-based creative and inclusive arts company and was the inspiration of the former Student Minister Julie Minter. (Julie is now The Revd Julie Jackson and Assistant Curate of St Wilfrid's Cowplain.)
involve were Solent Junior School, 2nd Farlington Guides, 70th Portsmouth (1st Drayton) Scout Group, members of Portsdown U3A and Alexandra Rose Care Home and other individuals interested in community heritage.
Clare Jefferson-Jones from Splodge Designs said: “Over the last 17 years Splodge Designs has shared its skills through community participation across the generations covering all abilities to create individual works, commissions, and site-specific installations.
“Splodge has been particularly active in working on heritage projects to find ways for local schools, groups and residential homes to creatively learn more about their local heritage.
“Over the past few years Splodge have been involved in many projects including the HMS Alliance, the M33 and the Gallipoli conflict, Gosport in the First World War, Dickens in Portsmouth, Arthur Conan Doyle and Chichester’s Roman history.”
The groups involved joined in interactive teaching sessions and workshops for the schoolchildren, uniformed groups and care home residents and had the opportunity to help create two pieces of artwork: a fabric banner to hang inside St Andrew’s Church and a piece of artwork sited outside the Church of the Resurrection in Drayton.
The project also involved creating its own website to tell the stories of the men through words, pictures and audio soundtracks voiced by those involved in the project. Photos of the two pieces of artwork will also be on there. There was to be a leaflet produced to share the stories of the men which will be available from the church and in the local community. Such is the success of the hard work of those researching that this became a thirty-two page booklet.
Julie said at the time “This is a really exciting project which will bring the community together to discover more about our local heritage."
“By working together to research the lives of these men and then responding creatively to their stories we hope that all those involved will feel more connected to these men and never forget the sacrifices that they made to secure peace in our world.
“We would like to say a huge thank you to National Lottery players for making this project possible.”
The project culminated in a public exhibition in the Church of the Resurrection and then St Andrew’s Church in November 2018 and the artworks were unveiled on 10th November 2018 in time for for Remembrance Sunday, and Armistice Day, the day after.