Women in War Norwich news:

Our Black Dog Norwich group recently visited both the Norfolk Records Office and the Norwich Castle Museum as part of our Women in War Heritage Project. The project has received funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Both visits were incredibly useful in our learning. We were introduced to gaining the most from museum visits, accessing the archives and using artefacts to learn about the past. We worked with their staff and began our research on the role which women played as nurses and ambulance drivers during the First World War.

 

Our work at the Norfolk Records Office also allowed us to learn more about the story of local nurse Edith Cavell and several other local nurses by gaining access to their diaries, letters and postcards home.

 

We have started putting together a special free learning resource, our storyboard to create a short film about Edith Cavell and a special theatrical performance sharing what we have learnt to be performed at the Norwich Castle Museum in October.

 

Getting creative with mask and prop making

Our Bury St Edmunds group got creative recently designing and making their own props and our new dragons head mask. All of the props will be used in our Reluctant Dragon show. Some of the props included our dragon’s head, a giant teapot, a toilet, a knights shield and scrolls… oh and a giant time clock and some wildflowers and butterflies. Big Thank you to Jacob Anderson for the inspiration.

 

The Bury St Edmunds project has been supported by the National Lottery Community Fund @THLCommunityFund

Thank you to National Lottery Players

 

Creating a bunch of colourful characters

Our Black Dog Camden and East Ham group have recently joined forces to put together a wonderful project exploring ways of breaking down the forth wall whilst using improvisation and immersive theatre skills. It’s been great fun and we’re all having the time of our lives. We’re also putting together a special library tour of Alice through the looking glass.