SSFR Legacy Pack Come and Get it Now!
Delighted to have received So excited to have received the SSFR Learning Materials Pack - if anyone wants one please do get in touch with...
Lost for Words
And as anyone who knows me well, that's quite unusual...to everyone who came along, young and old, thank you for taking part in these...
Barbed wire and bugles.
The sky was bright but grey on the drive to Sutton Road for 9am. Although I understood that there was quite a bit of work to get through...
SSFR a writer's perspective.
I’d been watching and admiring Blade Education for a few years before Beth invited me to get involved in the Southend Festival of...
Life on the Home Front When War Breaks Out...
26 intrepid West Leigh Junior students joined us on Monday afternoon as World War 1 broke out again in Leigh-on-Sea. The children...
Commonwealth War Graves Research Training Session
Brilliant thought provoking session at the Leigh Community Centre, Leigh-on-Sea on Friday 26th January 2018 as part of the Southend...
Nurses, Writers, Poets and Performers
We had a wonderful day at Bournemouth Park Primary School on Friday 19th January filming Year 4's WW1 performances of poetry and music. ...
Christmas in Southend-on-Sea 1917
We've been learning about how people in Southend-on-Sea tried to celebrate Christmas in 1917. Many families were already grieving for...
We Will Remember Them
To everyone who made a poppy for the Southend Schools Festival of Remembrance, thank you. To everyone who came to join in thank you. To...
Belfairs Poppy Days - PVA, Chicken Wire and Lovely People...
Thanks to the generosity of the Belfairs Academy and Ross Williams we had two really productive days at the Belfairs Academy. There was...
