Armistice Weekend at The Hive - full list of events
2nd November 2016
Take a look at the full list of events and activities taking place on 11 and 12 November at The Hive to commemorate Armistice Day.
Friday 11 November
The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 3PB
FILM: We Did Our Bit by Splash TV
9.45am, The Studio at The Hive
Testimony of eleven military veterans of the Second World War who lived in Worcestershire in 2013. Discover the extraordinary activities these elderly citizens undertook while in uniform.
Tickets £2.50 - All ticket money will be donated to the Royal British Legion.
Book via http://bit.ly/2dSEGLe
Silence followed by Poppy Drop
11am / 11.02am, atrium at The Hive
To mark the end of World War One and of World War Two, poppies made by children from local schools at The Hive will be dropped in the atrium.
FREE
Saturday 12 November
The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 3PB
All events are FREE
People’s Collection
10am – 11.30noon; 1.30pm - 4pm, The Hub at The Hive
Share your family World War One artefacts, stories and memorabilia with members of the Worcestershire World War One Hundred team.
World War One Bell Tent, atrium at The Hive
10am – 4pm
Join Discover History and their VAD Nurse and World War One Soldier as they bring the stories of World War One to life.
Storytelling – Flo of the Somme
10am in the Children’s Library.
A focus on War Poetry and animals in World War One.
Poetry Workshop with Fergus the Poet
10am – 12noon – Oasis Room
2pm – 4pm – The Studio
Create and perform your own World War One themed with Fergus the Poet.
FILM: Battle of the Somme
12.30pm & 4.30pm, The Studio
UNESCO listed film The Battle of the Somme. Released by the Imperial War Museum, The Battle of the Somme was originally shot and screened in 1916, the first feature length documentary about war which changed the way both cinema and film were perceived by the public.