The Alexandra Park Heritage Group have been invited to join with Ali Ronan and others- see attached Pdf /Flyer- to recreate the Women’s Peace Crusade of 1916-1917 and their struggle to prevent WW1. A sub group has met to determine what needs to be done.
To help us to do this, we would like to invite you to a meeting in Chorlton Lodge in Alexandra Park on Friday 10th June at 11 am to discuss the following and get your views and if possible, your help and support.
We hope to recreate a peace rally in Alexandra Park , the first weekend in October, and it will be part of a video and book.
Ali has already made a video “These Dangerous Women” and it will be a similar format. We also hope to make the video relevant for those struggling for peace today._see link to video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?V=n8gf2ilViUc
Alex Park has been chosen as there were prominent Conscientious Objectors living near the Park. The Park was used as a place for the rallies, and, there is documented evidence of this.
We need a variety of help to make this work.
We need people willing to research individuals and identify those individual women who were part of the Manchester Peace Crusades, although Ali has already done a great deal of local research to identify some of the women involved.
We need women to speak /role play those women in the video (see the video that has already been made as to what this might mean.),
We need others to be the “crowd” at the rally. Ali has authentic copies of some of the historic leaflets, which some women in the crowd can distribute.
All taking part need to dress in Edwardian costume-( see the video). We need help with costumes.
We need help with making a banner and placards and badges.
We hope to have support from a choir to sing peace songs.
SO- we hope this recreation of history in both a serious and “fun” way will appeal to you and you will want to join in
If you cannot make the meeting, but want to take part, please let us know.
Women’s Peace Crusade
Thanks
Angela Downing, Jenny Riley and Jenni Gomes
Alexandra Park Heritage Group