Over the Wire
Festival of Remembrance Performance
Enter CIC was once again delighted to receive a personal invitation to participate in the Festival of Remembrance Concert at Durham Cathedral on Saturday 10th November 2018. This was particularly poignant occasion as it marked the centenaries of the..Read More
Over The Wire Gallery
A few images from our production of ‘Honoured’ at Hartlepool Borough Hall and ‘Over The Wire’ at Etherley Methodist Church. Both performances honoured the fallen of World War One and it gave our young people an opportunity to see..Read More
Over The Wire Performance
We are in the final stages of completing our WW1 project entitled ‘Over the Wire’ which has been funded by the Heritage Lottery fund. What a fabulous project this has been! We have created lots of different projects over..Read More
Village Boys Still
Upon returning to Enter today, we were delighted to receive a gift from author Trevor Purnell who wrote the best selling ‘Village Boys Still’. We met Trevor and his wonderful wife when we were in Belgium. Both of them..Read More
Belgium Tour
We have just returned from performing at a number of WW1 Commemorative sites in Belgium. We were delighted to receive a personal invite to perform at The Menin Gate (Ypres), St George’s Memorial Church (Flanders Field), Cloth Hall (Ypres)..Read More
Langemark German Military Cemetery
The final memorial areas we visited on Thursday 16th August 2018 was the Langemark German Military Cemetery, Belgium. This cemetery had a very different atmosphere, with the graves appearing much darker and shaded by trees. This cemetery was the..Read More
John McCrae’s Farm
On Thursday 16th November 2018, we visited John McCrae’s farm, as well as the Essex Farm Cemetery, where one of the youngest British casualties of the Great War is buried. Young Rifleman Valentine Joe Strudwick was aged only 15..Read More
The Menin Gate
On the evening of Wednesday 15th August 2018, we were honoured to perform at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium. We sang two original songs, “The Call” and “Carved in Stone” (a song specially written..Read More
St Georges Memorial Church
On the afternoon of Wednesday 15th August 2018, we visited and performed at St George’s Memorial Church in Ypres, Belgium. St George’s Memorial Church was built as a memorial to British and Commonwealth troops who lost their lives in..Read More
Hill 60
We visited Hill 60, a battlefield which saw the loss of many lives from 1914 to 1915. We were astounded to witness how close the German and British troops were, which was represented through landmarks in the fields. We..Read More
Cloth Hall
On Tuesday 14th August, we visited the Cloth Hall and performed our commemorative showcase. The original Cloth Hall (1300s) lay in ruins after artillery fire destroyed it during WW1. It was meticulously rebuilt in every detail from 1933 to 1967..Read More
Talbot House (Toc H)
Today we visited Talbot House (Toc H). Talbot House is a living museum, Thousands of World War One British soldiers passed through Talbot House during the three years it was open from the end of 1915. It was a..Read More
Christmas Truce Fields
Today we visited the Christmas Truce field, where the alleged football match between German and British soldiers took place on Christmas Day 1914. This site was commemorated with a donation box and a statue of an old 1914 football...Read More
Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing is a breathtaking monument to the fallen of World War One. As well as singing, we took considerable time to look at the names on the walls and offer our thanks for their service..Read More
Lone Tree Crater / Pool of Peace
On our first day in Belgium we visited the Lone Tree Crate, also known as the Pool of Peace. It was quite difficult for us to comprehend how a World War One mine crater would eventually result in an..Read More
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
When we arrived in Belgium we were immediately taken to Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Poperinge, Belgium. This was the first Commonwealth cemetery that we visited and the impact of this initial visit was clear for everyone to see. The..Read More
Travelling to Belgium
Monday 13th August 2018 We are travelling to Belgium on a coach and ferry. The coach is travelling from Ferryhill to Dover so that we can get the ferry from Dover to Calais and then the coach will take..Read More
Northumbria World War One Commemoration Project
On Friday 10th August 2018 the Over The Wire young people met Alan and Malcolm from the Northumbria World War One Project. Our young people were very interested to learn about the vast database produced by Alan and his..Read More
St Hilda’s Church
On Wednesday, 8th August 2018, some of the Over the Wire young people and activity mentors visited St Hilda’s Church in Hartlepool to prepare for our World War One performance at St George’s Chapel, Flanders, Ypres in Belgium. St..Read More
Heugh Battery Museum
On Wednesday, 8th August 2018, we visited the Heugh Battery Museum; the only World War One Battlefield in the UK. The Over The Wire young people and activity mentors were taken on a private tour of the battlefield and..Read More