A day of remembrance at a historic Sunderland centre with songs and services

A Sunderland heritage centre is planning a day of commemoration to Wearside’s war heroes.
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Displays, videos, a remembrance service, a slide show and crafts for children are all planned at the Donnison School Heritage Centre.

The packed day of activities starts at 11am on Saturday, November 12.

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There will be a chance to create a remembrance poppy and place it on the remembrance tree. Visitors can view the Great War Memorial Book and listen to the evocative song The Birds, as well as enjoying a remembrance cafe.

Janette Hilton, project director of Living History North East, pictured in the old Donnison School Building in Church Walk. Janette spearheaded the restoration and
re-development of The Donnison School.Janette Hilton, project director of Living History North East, pictured in the old Donnison School Building in Church Walk. Janette spearheaded the restoration and
re-development of The Donnison School.
Janette Hilton, project director of Living History North East, pictured in the old Donnison School Building in Church Walk. Janette spearheaded the restoration and re-development of The Donnison School.

There will be a First World War exhibition and another which focuses on the Second World War including artefacts and a tribute to the Home Front.

A video will focus on war veterans from Wearside and there will be a photographic slide show called Hendon Splits.

There will also be a a craft section for children and there will be a remembrance service at 2pm.

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The event is being planned by the Sunderland Old Township Heritage Society, alongside 17nineteen and the Donnison School Heritage Centre.

Organisers have described it as a chance to remember the fallen, both civilians and all services, culminating in a Remembrance service at 2pm, led by Father Andrew Collins Jones.

The Donnison Centre is a former Georgian charity school which was first established in 1798 to educate 36 ‘poor girls’ from Sunderland Parish.

It is now a thriving Community Hub of heritage, education and community activities. To find out more about it, visit the Heritage Society’s Facebook page at Donnison School Heritage and Education Centre.

People can also find out more at the society’s website by clicking here.

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