Hackney Remembers

Hackney Remembers

School children look at First World War sources in a classroom
Pupils examining First World War sources

Your Heritage

London Fields
Hackney
Fifth Word Theatre
£45100
Hackney Remembers explored the lives and stories of the soldiers, with particular emphasis on serving British Jewish soldiers and their families during the First World War in Hackney.

Drama company Fifth Word, Hackney Museum and the Jewish Military Museum partnered to deliver the First World War project engaging primary school children and the general public. The project featured extensive contributions from volunteers, as well as multiple media outputs including an exhibition, film, and website.

Hopefully with projects like this children can become curators of their own heritage and develop tools to challenge, investigate and articulate.

Project team member

This project was aimed at people in Hackney from diverse ethnic communities, focusing on disadvantaged children who had English as a second language. The project culminated in a mobile exhibition for the whole community.

Hackney Museum and the Jewish Military Museum trained nine volunteers to catalogue a list of First World War archival sources that were turned into child-friendly cards. The exhibition launched at Hackney Museum and then went on to the Jewish Military Museum. It also toured during the centenary year to commemorate venues within Hackney Heritage Service and the five schools that form part of the primary advantage federation.