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  • Project Evaluation Report

    Project Evaluation Report

    The final evaluation report following the completion of the project in August 2018.
  • Re-visiting creative writing and drama: who was Samuel Godley?

    Re-visiting creative writing and drama: who was Samuel Godley?

    Having secured additional funds for running workshops in the second year, David Ward's creative writing workshop was integrated with the play-in-a-day workshop for a second go at retelling Samuel Godley's story.
  • The project film

    The project film

    A short film telling Samuel Godley's story and documenting the project's activities
  • Schools visit the National Army Museum and the Royal Hospital

    Schools visit the National Army Museum and the Royal Hospital

    On 11 October and 02-03 November 2017, this year’s Year 5 intake from Barrow Hill Junior School and Westminster Cathedral Roman ...
  • Let's create an animated film!

    Let's create an animated film!

    Find out more about the work that participants have put in to animate Samuel Godley's story
  • Samples from the creative writing and narrative workshop

    Samples from the creative writing and narrative workshop

    This is a selection of creative writing created in the workshop led by David Ward by children from four participating classes
  • Gallery of Napoleon-themed comics from the workshop at the Cartoon Museum

    Gallery of Napoleon-themed comics from the workshop at the Cartoon Museum

    A selection of comics from the workshop led by Steve Merchant at the Cartoon Museum, by children from four participating classes
  • Gallery of work from the drawing caricatures workshop

    Gallery of work from the drawing caricatures workshop

    A selection of drawings from the drawing and caricature workshop led by Kate Morton, by children from four participating classes
  • Restored gravestone unveiled at the St Johns Wood Church and Burial Ground

    Restored gravestone unveiled at the St Johns Wood Church and Burial Ground

    Read our press release announcing the restoration of Samuel Godley's gravestone and the commemorations on 16 June 2017
  • Schools visit the Cartoon Museum

    Schools visit the Cartoon Museum

    On 27-28 June and 04-05 July four participating classes visited the Cartoon Museum to see the exhibition of historical caricatures and ...
  • Play in a Day: an unlikely mix of musical theatre and military strategy

    Play in a Day: an unlikely mix of musical theatre and military strategy

    MOD Theatre Productions visited each of our three participating schools to develop a musical play based on Samuel Godley’s life ...
  • Creative writing and caricature workshop: practicing empathy with Y5

    Creative writing and caricature workshop: practicing empathy with Y5

    Empathy was the key objective in the day-long creative writing and drawing workshops with Kate Morton and David Ward, using ...
  • Join us for the unveiling of the restored gravestone

    Join us for the unveiling of the restored gravestone

    After a long month wondering whether anyone from the local community would oppose our endeavour to repair Samuel Godley’s gravestone, ...
  • Schools visit the Westminster Archives and the Household Cavalry Museum

    Schools visit the Westminster Archives and the Household Cavalry Museum

    Year 5 classes from Barrow Hill Junior School, Westminster Cathedral Roman Catholic Primary School, and Saint Saviour’s Church of England Primary School ...
  • Unearthing Treasures: The Waterloo Bridge

    Unearthing Treasures: The Waterloo Bridge

    The bridge was originally to be known as the Strand Bridge when John Rennie drew the plans in 1809. However, ...
  • The volunteers visit the National Army Museum

    The volunteers visit the National Army Museum

    The volunteers visited the National Army Museum for a training session on the Siborne Model and the source letters used to ...
  • Unearthing Treasures: Hyde Park Celebrations of 1814

    Unearthing Treasures: Hyde Park Celebrations of 1814

      Following the victories of the Peninsular Wars, Londoners celebrated, but their merriment would be short lived, because the excesses of ...
  • Unearthing Treasures: The Waterloo Banquet, Apsley House

    Unearthing Treasures: The Waterloo Banquet, Apsley House

    The Waterloo Banquet took place every year starting in 1820 until the Duke of Wellington’s death in 1852. The celebration ...
  • The volunteers visit the Household Cavalry Museum

    The volunteers visit the Household Cavalry Museum

    In the last week of March two volunteers at the Westminster Archive Centre visited the Household Calvary Museum. Victoria Kurtz ...
  • Young filmmakers receive training from Digital Works

    Young filmmakers receive training from Digital Works

    On 21 March 2017, our lead partner Digital Works led a workshop with 16 Barrow Hill School students on documentary film-making, ...
  • The volunteers visit the Cartoon Museum

    The volunteers visit the Cartoon Museum

    This February we went to the Cartoon Museum on Little Russell Street to research historical cartoons and caricatures, to better contextualise ...
  • Unearthing Treasures: The Baker Street Bazaar

    Unearthing Treasures: The Baker Street Bazaar

    The Smithfield Club’s Christmas show of ‘fat cattle’ was held at the Baker Street Bazaar. The Bazaar exhibited a huge ...
  • The volunteers visit the English Folk Dance and Song Society

    The volunteers visit the English Folk Dance and Song Society

    Volunteer Tori Kurtz reflects on a research visit to the English Folk Song and Dance Society
  • Unearthing Treasures: John Bull in the Archive

    Unearthing Treasures: John Bull in the Archive

    These playbills are for two performances of the show John Bull, performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. It was a ...
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