Looking at the Anzacs

Look back at the First World War:

Field of Remembrance. Flickr, 2015-03-27-IMG_6779

Field of Remembrance. Flickr, 2015-03-27-IMG_6779

Exhibitions

World War One at home and at the front (exhibition at Central Library Peterborough until Sunday 24 May) - A display of uniforms, equipment, photographs, publications, badges and letters, and even gas masks - all generously loaned by Barry O'Sullivan, private collector. Read Alina's post to get a flavour, and view the O'Sullivan collection online.

The New Brighton Boys (exhibition at New Brighton Library until the end of May)
Staff from Christchurch City Libraries, have put together a display of the stories of the 62 soldiers with strong links to New Brighton, who served and died in the First World War. The display includes stories of each soldier and some photographs. 

There is also the major Canterbury Stories: Remembering the First World War exhibition at the Airforce Museum at Wigram.

Blog posts

First World War talks

We will also host a series of talks on First World War subjects:

  • Canterbury at War (Canterbury Museum's Curator of Human History, Sarah Murray, Tuesday 19 May at Upper Riccarton Library)
  • Nurses at War (Anna Rogers, Saturday 25 July at South Library)
  • Johnny Enzed: The New Zealand Soldier of the First World War (Professor Glyn Harper, Thursday 22 October at Central Library Peterborough)

Find out more:

First World War images on Flickr

Field of Remembrance