Snapped: Children Help Launch Wharf Green's Great War Showcase

Dressed in genuine WW1 uniforms, students from Goddard Park School gathered in Wharf Green on Thursday to help announce a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £10,000 for a Swindon in the Great War Initiative.

In Swindon town centre, a host of activities to commemorate the war are being launched. Swindon has a large number of rich historical and connections to World War 1.

For the centenary of the Great War, local historians, organisations, schools, companies and individuals have come together to ensure the significant history and stories of Swindon in the 1914-1918 conflict are commemorated appropriately.

From Monday 4th until 9th August inSwindon BID Company, alongside Swindon Borough Council and local organisations will put on a week’s worth of events to celebrate and commemorate the Great War. The week will Include public films on the Big Screen, re-enactments, archive photographs & footage, displays, and a family fun day.

Rebecca Rowland, BID Manager for inSwindon comments: “This is fantastic news for Swindon. The HLF grant will help us to commemorate a historical event that should never be forgotten, but also allow us to celebrate how far we have come along.