2020 will be a year none of us will forget. The year that caused major disruption to every aspect of our lives and the year in which all major celebrations were cancelled, including the Remembrance. Wheatley Hill has had one of the most successful Remembrance Day parades and attendances in the local area for many years, but in common with the rest, we weren’t able to carry … [Read more...] about Remembrance 2020
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ENGEL’S ENGLAND
By Matthew Engel, 2014 The following is an (edited) extract from the above book from the author’s three-year travel through England. He travelled through thirty-nine counties and included Wheatley Hill in his final write-up in the County Durham section. The book was loaned to us by History Club member Brian Maddison, who felt it could be shared in this newsletter. “The … [Read more...] about ENGEL’S ENGLAND
PEACE, PERFECT PEACE
Our event on Remembrance Sunday 2019 marked the end of our Heritage Lottery Funded project. Over the last two years, we have been working with Lonely Tower Film & Media on collecting the thoughts of today’s Wheatley Hill Community about the atrocities of the First World War. Lonely Tower have produced two wonderful multi-media presentations, which were enjoyed by an … [Read more...] about PEACE, PERFECT PEACE
Wheatley Hill and the Great War
Over the 2014-2018 commemoration period of The Great War, Wheatley Hill History Club was awarded two significant grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund – one to look at the life of local VC hero Thomas Kenny and the second to collect the responses of modern-day residents of the village to the atrocities of the war. We worked alongside Lonely Tower Film and Media on both of … [Read more...] about Wheatley Hill and the Great War