Remembering 1916 Life On The Western Front
Remembering 1916 Life On The Western Front
Remembering 1916 Life On The Western Front
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Sidan W
20 contributions
Sep 2016 • Family
Good parking facilities if coming by car
Friendly front of house staff
Really interesting and fantastically presented exhibition.
Nice tea room at end of walk if you want it, nice touch.
Well done to all involved.
Friendly front of house staff
Really interesting and fantastically presented exhibition.
Nice tea room at end of walk if you want it, nice touch.
Well done to all involved.
Written December 21, 2016
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Twentyoneforever
Edinburgh, UK37 contributions
Oct 2016 • Friends
Was asked by a friend who I was visiting and lives in Purley if I would like to go and said yes. Turned out to be of superb quality of a national standard, on par with world class museums. Attention to detail, excellent scene recreation and a good balance of written text and visually interesting artefacts kept my interest. Good use of space to maximise the exhibits. I found the continuous gunfire and explosions as background noise quite haunting and unnerving, but that is the desired effect of the constant sound. Personal recollections and poetry bring home the reality of war. Allow at least 1.5 hours, 2 to cover all the detail.
Written October 30, 2016
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BobsTrips-11
London, UK29 contributions
Jan 2017 • Friends
An extremely informative and thought provoking exhibition . Packs a tremendous amount of information and carefully chosen artefacts in to a thoughtfully planned and professionally presented display.
Written May 30, 2017
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brian r
Caterham, UK19 contributions
Mar 2017 • Friends
Brilliant and very well put together and laid out, The English and German trench dioramas are very good, even the old swimming pool under the floor is used for a trench tunnel display. there is something about all sides of the war from naval to aviation, nursing to Horses. And no blame is implied anywhere. Allow at least two hours for your visit and if you are local I bet you will visit again. Entry is Now FREE.
Written March 4, 2017
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Piethief
Sanderstead, UK21 contributions
Oct 2016 • Solo
Really well laid out for adults and older children alike. Good balance of objects, information, art and recreations. Professionally done and very thought provoking. Nice to have a free car park too.
Written February 27, 2017
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Bena B
Surrey uk24 contributions
Jul 2016 • Family
Lots to see and do - very informative and a beautiful view as well. Children were very welcome and lots to interest them. Worth taking your own food or eating before your visit. Parking outside which was free.
Written February 13, 2017
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Riesetante
london14 contributions
Aug 2016 • Couples
This is a very interesting exhibition held at Whitgift School. it will take a good hour to go around surprisingly. We thought it was going to be a five minute trip around the exhibition. It is really well worth making the trip to Croydon to see this.
Written January 18, 2017
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Wayne J
4 contributions
Jan 2017 • Couples
We went to this exhibition on the recommendation of our neighbour across the road. The exhibition is held in the grounds of Whitgift School. It is a superbly curated, well researched and endlessly interesting exhibition. It's great strengths to my mind is the deeply human approach to the lives of soldiers on both sides. There is an equal recognition of the misery suffered by English, French and German troops alike. The second great thread that runs through the exhibition is the way it links the war to boys who had attended the school. This brings home very effectively, the way the war destroyed the lives of a generation of young men. The artefacts displayed are well beautifully presented in a way that hooks your interest from the start. There is a refreshing thread of the humour of men in dire circumstances running through the exhibition also. It is simply not to be missed.
Written January 16, 2017
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c_wicks234
Croydon, UK137 contributions
Aug 2016 • Friends
This is without doubt the best WW1 exhibition because it covers the conflict from both sides. The exhibition was extended so you still have a little time to visit. Don't miss this opportunity.
The set up puts the leading museums to shame.
The set up puts the leading museums to shame.
Written January 4, 2017
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JaneE857
Croydon, UK65 contributions
Dec 2016 • Couples
We have been meaning to go to this exhibition for ages having heard a lot of good things about it from friends who have been, and are so glad we made the time in between Christmas and the New Year. The exhibition has been done very professionally, with great attention to detail such as a room set up to look like what a drawing room would have looked like for Christmas in 1916. The information is presented totally impartially favouring neither one side nor the other and I discovered things I had never known before, for example the German pilot known as the Red Barron's first "kill" was a plane flown by an old pupil of the Whitgift School and at the Somme another old pupil of the school lies just a few graves away from his chemistry teacher. Don't misunderstand me, it isn't all about the teachers and pupils from Whitgift School at all, but these are just two things that have really stayed with me from the exhibition. There is ample parking on site (watch out for the wandering peacocks however) and the tea room at the end of the exhibition is well worth a visit too. I would thoroughly recommend seeing this exhibition before it is due to end this April.
Written January 4, 2017
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