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September 2007 meeting
The first in our new series of evening lectures was a very interesting
and entertaining talk given by Mr John Hartley of Earby on "Trench Art." He revealed that the mysterious title referred to metal debris recovered from the battlefields of the First World War and made by skilled craftsmen behind the lines or by local craftsmen in Belgium into sovenirs, which those soldiers who survived could bring home with them and add to the collection of ornaments on the mantlepiece at home. These objects were made mostly from shell cases, spent bullets or even uniform buttons. John Illustrated his talk with several items from his own collection, which created much interest in his large audience after the talk. |