St Peter Mancroft Church will be hosting an art installation entitled ‘Assembly – Memorial Chairs’ by Derbyshire artist Val Carman, which will be on display in the church from 10 am – 3.30 pm Monday to Saturday from 25th October – 23rd November 2017. This period is particularly poignant given that the centenary of the end of the Battle of Passchendaele is on 10th November 2017.
The Installation consists of five chairs from Passchendaele St Audomarus Church – each representing the casualties of one year of the war 1914 – 1918, which will be shown by small lead numbers on each chair.
Next to the chairs there will be a book with the names of the fallen printed on the left hand side. The blank pages left on the right hand side are for visitors to write their own testimony or personal story. Any story or local references to WW1 can be added to the book – photocopies of images and letters are also welcome.
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We would particularly like to invite you to the opening of the installation, at which the artist, Val Carman, will be giving a short talk. This will be on Tuesday 24th October at 6 pm after which there will be time to look at the chairs and book, and have a glass of wine.
