A display featuring local soldiers who fell in The Great War is currently on display in Eccles Gateway thanks to Customer Service Advisor, or Librarian as I prefer to call them, Elizabeth Perrin.
The display boards tell stories about the life and sadly deaths from men in the Eccles area from all branches of the armed forces, men like Joe Baines aged 21 from Silk Street, Eccles who despite having defective eyesight was determined to do his bit, he managed to join The Manchester Regiment as a catering assistant but within six months of joining up, he was killed by a German shell, leaving a grieving widow and a newly born son, who Joe never got to see.
The mystery of Jack Bailey who lived at Lane End, Eccles, his wife received letters from the Army saying that he had gone missing in action and was possibly a prisoner of war if not killed in action, is explained, and a strange story it is,
These and many other stories are the work of Elizabeth Perrin, I called in to see for a quick chat.
Elizabeth, said:
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"Each year I make a display board for Armistice Sunday, this year I decided to make it a bit more personal, and so I decided to research stories of local men who had fought in The Great War, and I found it fascinating, and hopefully this exhibition will help keep these men's memories alive.
The exhibition has proved very popular especially with elderly people who have stopped to read the stories, also schoolchildren are being encouraged to read about these men, so they can learn about not only the bravery of these men, but the futility of war.
Each Wednesday we have craft lessons with local schools and the children will be knitting and embroidering Poppies which will decorate the exhibition table, which will add that extra poignancy"
It really is a fascinating exhibition and well worth calling in to read about these brave people and well done to Elizabeth for her time and effort in displaying this.
The, "Lest We Forget" exhibition runs until the end of November.
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