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Parcels of Comfort
Bishopston Library is hosting a touring First World War exhibition, Parcels of Comfort, until November 25. The exhibition of parcels replicates packages that were sent to the First World War front line by friends and families of soldiers.
The subject has been carefully researched, particularly in using the names of real soldiers featured in the We Have Our Lives exhibition at Bristol Cathedral, and in the book Letters from the Trenches (Pen & Sword) by Bristol-based author Jacqueline Wadsworth. The book, which Discover Your History magazine calls “a fascinating tapestry of human experience”, is a history of the First World War told through letters exchanged by ordinary British soldiers and their families.
Bristol Artists Sally Stanley, Paula New, Jane Marie-Mahy, Lucy Saunders and Jane Kay have used mixed media to recreate the atmosphere of the time for the exhibition, including knitting from original wartime patterns. In addition, GCSE Textile students from Cotham School have helped to represent some of the other items in the parcels.
The Parcels of Comfort exhibition runs until November 25 at Bishopston Library.
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