Woke up early enough to watch the sun rise
Media City UK
I
actually found out quite a lot about how the war was handled and what
it was like for the civilians living in a city. In particular, I have
always found evacuation stories very interesting. Some people have
fond memories of living on a farm in the countryside and 'playing on
the moors' where as others have horrific experiences due to having a
completely new life, homesickness and not knowing whether they will
see their parents again.
We had fun trying on different costumes from World War 2. Camouflage was obviously very important for the troops when going out on the front-line and in the trenches.
When in the main exhibition room we watched a projected film that contained personal experiences of war - mainly children. I managed to jot down some key quotes/people.
- Guy Nightingale
- Attaché cases, brown labels
- Shouting 'keep back from the edge'
- Didn't understand
- Eyes tightly closed in fear
- Hair in braids
- On the Moors
- 'If I should never see you again in this world...Come to you when you sleep'
- I put a year on my age
- 'I had to pretend to be brave'
- 'We go into battle wearing the keys to heaven around our necks' - favourite quote
- 'War is the evillest of birds'
- Jenny Matthews
- Josh Richards
- Kt Legwabe
- Austin Macguire
There were many objects from war shown around the museum, some of these I was not familiar with and it was interesting and sometimes unnerving learning what they were for.
Viewing platform
Meeting Dermot Turing and Frank Tolley were definitely the highlights of the day, it couldn't have gone more smoothly to be honest! We got what we went for and more! I feel that today I have had a generalised over-view of the topic I want to delve into. I am extremely excited for the continuation of the project and what I can focus on from all the things I learnt today. My next step is to visually communicate some of the stories I was told and develop these ideas in further research.
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