Brandon Heritage

Tag: WW1

  • Paint a poppy

    Paint A Poppy Ali Barnes, centre volunteer and member of the management committee has created sixty-five clay poppies, one for each name on the Brandon WW1 memorial.  In fact each poppy has been inscribed with the name of one of the men.  Ali will be holding a painting session at Brandon Heritage Centre on the…

  • PASSCHENDAELE 1917 – John Basham

    PASSCHENDAELE 1917 As we approach Remembrance Day, we bring you this article from John Basham, who has shared with us his research into Passchendaele, 1917 … There are few more evocative images of the first world war than those columns of weary, heavily laden men trudging in single file along a duckboard path through a…

  • Inside the old Drill Hall

    Victor Lukaniuk takes us inside the old Drill Hall, on the High Street … “One building that probably goes unnoticed in Brandon is 71, High Street – an architectural marvel it is not, but it does have a hidden secret. Most people know the building as the veterinary surgery and it has served the town…