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SUMMARY:Exhibition: "Silent Witness: The 1940 Weekend"
DESCRIPTION:LONG MELFORD HERITAGE TRUST\nSilent Witness: The 1940 Weekend\nAn Exploration of Landscape\, War and Memory\n \nExhibition\n\nLong Melford Old School\n19-20 SEPT 2026\nSat 10am – 4pm\nSun 10am – 3pm\n\nThis multi-faceted exhibition serves as a powerful tribute to resilience\, connecting modern audiences with the everyday histories of the Melford area during 1940. It brings the reality of the Home Front to life\, exploring the atmosphere of uncertainty following Dunkirk when the country faced the very real threat of invasion. \n\nPillbox projection with soundscapes\n10th Battalion Suffolk Home Guard LHG\nWWII vehicles\nCaptain Mainwaring’s HQ\nStour Valley Memories \n‘NAAFI’ tearoom\n\nPhotography Exhibition\nSuffolk photographer Mick Cant’s evocative and haunting images provide a powerful contemporary perspective capturing the drama of pillboxes in the local landscape\, resisting the ravages of time. \nSunday afternoon\, illustrated talk on ‘Long Melford and the Stour Valley at War’ by Ashley Cooper.\n\n\n\n\nCombining human memories and historical detail\, the presentation takes us back to life as it was\, in our locality\, eight decades ago\, when every man\, woman and child was touched by the Second World War.  This forms part of our Silent Witness: 1940 Weekend event. \nVenue: Long Melford Old School\nDate: Sunday 20 September 2026\nTime: 4pm \nAshley and Long Melford Heritage Trust are exceptionally grateful to Ian Sandham for all of his assistance in preparing the talk.\n\n\n\n————————————– \nContact: info@melfordheritage.org.uk for more information about the exhibition and programme of events. \nWe would like to thank our supporters \nMore details to follow as the project progresses. Stay up to date with our projects here: https://melfordheritage.org.uk/projects/
URL:https://melfordheritage.org.uk/event/exhibition-silent-witness-1940-weekend-long-melford/
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