From sawdust hearts to football, communities begin to remember
AS REMEMBRANCE Sunday nears closer, communities across the region are coming together to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.
In Scarborough, 1,568 sawdust hearts, created by hundreds of artists, needleworkers and crafters from all over the country, have gone on display at the Woodend Museum.
Each heart represents a single day of the First World War, and the exhibit, which runs until November 30, celebrates not just the centenary but also the origins of occupational therapy.
At the Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life in Pickering, 500 primary school children have created poppy artwork which aim to challenge audiences to look beyond the traditional representation of this flower for remembrance.
On Saturday, in the village of Burton in Lonsdale, on the outskirts of the Yorkshire Dales, the impromptu game of football between British and German troops in the trenches at Christmas in 1914 will be remembered.
Teams of men and women drawn from the local area will wear period football kits bought with £900 from the locality budget of North Yorkshire County Councillor David Ireton, who represents the North Craven division.
One of the organisers of the remembrance football match, Mark Christie, said: “The original intention was to recreate the legendary Christmas Day armistice match, but after discussions we opted to play out a match between two Yorkshire teams in period kits from the era – one, Bradford City, who were flying high in the top flight of the time, and the other, Black Burton, the name of the local village non-league team.”
In Hubberholme in Upper Wharfedale, described by Bradford-born author JB Priestley as his favourite Dales village, more than 1,000 knitted poppies flow from the ancient timber gallery in the 12th century church.
The display will be in place until November 18 and the service of remembrance will take place at 10.30am on Sunday.