Friendships from a Forgotten Front
A new display in association with the Salonika Campaign Society looks at the moving connection between animal and human companionship. Find out how men on the Macedonian front line coped with everyday life on this forgotten front.
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- Free event (admission applies)
In association with the Salonika Campaign Society (SCS), come and see our new display looking at the human companionship of war with a focus on Spencer’s experiences on the Macedonian front and his visions for a ‘Holy Box’. – his Chapel. Working with Alan Wakefield from the SCS, find out about how the men on the frontline experienced the everyday trials and tribulations of life on this forgotten front.
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Children welcome
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Level floor into exhibition room. Door on hinges may mean narrower entry for wider wheelchairs.
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