Cash boost for Brodsworth war research
A COUNTRY house in Doncaster has secured a grant worth nearly £100,000 which will help research for a wartime project.
The English Heritage has announced that following the £99,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, it will go towards a three year project examining the role that Brodsworth Hall played in the two World Wars.
Research is now underway and examining the social history of how Brodsworth Hall, and the people living in and around its estate, were affected by the wars.
The research will provide the basis for public displays within the Hall, its owners and staff during these years of conflict.
The project will also enable stories from the period to be explored and shared within the community, through a digital display developed with the involvement of local groups and children.
The first stage of the project, which will launch at Easter 2013, will be a trail throughout the Hall and events focussing on life during World War II.
An exhibition about World War I and the community’s support for those serving in both wars will launch at the same time, with events surrounding this to follow in 2014 to coincide with the centenary of the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
English Heritage intends to hold a series of reminiscence sessions over the autumn to gather such stories and record peoples’ memories, and David Alcock of Heritage Learning will be arranging these.
Anyone with stories relating to Brodsworth during either World War should contact David on brodsworthwar@english-heritage.org.uk or 01482 318961.
Alternatively contact Caroline and staff at Brodsworth Hall at Brodsworth Hall, Donaster, DN5 7XJ, or ring 01302 722598.
The Brodsworth Hall ‘In Time of War’ project is part of a series of independent exhibitions taking place at country houses throughout the region in 2013-14, co-ordinated by the Yorkshire Country House Partnership.
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