Commemorating the 80th anniversary of V.E. Day in the Borders: Talks

Overview

World War 2 themed talks- with highlights from the Museum and Archive Collections:

12.00pm: WW2 Militaria, Medals, Uniforms and Personalia: With highlights from the Borders Museums and Archives Collections of Armed Forces artefacts and military history archive material. Free entry, donations welcomed

1.00pm: Borders Creatives 1939-1945: Anne Redpath, Will Ogilvie, George Hope Tait and other local creative practitioners and designers, whose work is represented in the Borders Museums and Archives Collections. Free entry, donations welcomed

2.00pm: The Home Front: Domestic life, fashion, leisure and childhood during WW2. With highlights from the Borders Collections. Free entry, donations welcomed

3.00pm: Remembering V.E Day in the Borders 1945: On the 8th May 1945, at 3pm, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced Victory in Europe. Discover what happened in the Borders on that day. Talk will feature a selection of V.E. Day artefacts and archives from the Collections, plus local people’s memories. Free entry, donations welcomed

4.00pm: Borderers’ Lives During WW2: Told through letters, journals and photographs. First-hand accounts of life, work and active service during WW2- including extracts from local people’s correspondence, records, diaries and personal stories. Free entry, donations welcomed

7.00pm: An Evening of War Poetry, to mark the 80th Anniversary of V.E. Day, 1945. War poems past and present- featuring the work of Wilfred Owen. Siegfried Sassoon, Keith Douglas, W.H. Ogilvie, George Hope Tait, Julian Colton and many more. Presented by Julian Colton – £5 per ticket                           

BOOKING

Daytime Events: Free Admission (donations welcome)
Evening Event: £5 per ticket

Bookings open on 29 March 2025 with tickets available from Sir Walter Scott’s Courtroom, Selkirk.

Alternatively book by emailing: museums@liveborders1.org.uk or calling 01750 720761 (Thurs-Sunday, daytime).
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