Wonersh Armistice Centenary Event Throughout The Village, Saturday, November 10

Published on: 23 Oct, 2018
Updated on: 21 Oct, 2018

The village of Wonersh is marking the centenary of the end of the First World War with a packed programme of displays and events on Saturday, November 10.

The free event is from 10am to 4pm and commemorations will be held in Wonersh Memorial Hall (main exhibition), St John the Baptist Parish Church, United Reformed Church, Wonersh Scout Hut, Wonersh Bowling Club and St John’s Seminary.

There will be biographies of local men who fell in both world wars, films and talks, children’s church trails, clothing of the time, scouting and guiding through the years, a display created by children from Wonersh and Shamley Green Schools, displays of material from Wonersh History Society, Blackheath Village Society, Shamley Green History Society, and other archives.

Wonersh Players will perform The Village – A WWI Play, an immersive theatre production set in Wonersh at the time of the Great War.

There will be a performance of the play the Saturday before (November 3) matinee and evening, and on November 10, during the evening.

See posters below for more details.