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Film highlights wartime Tupton
24 February 2005
A film produced by members of Tupton Youth Club about civilian deaths during the Second World War is to get its public premiere.
A group of seven young people from the Derbyshire County Council-run youth club worked with youth workers, parish councillor Graham Pass and arts group Third Piper to provide a unique memory of the period.
On 15 March 1941 11 civilians were killed during a bombing raid – the highest number of civilian casualties due to enemy action in any rural community in Derbyshire.
Cara Spence, Dayna Oldale and Laura Allen, all 15, Shelley Gibbons, 14, and 12-year-olds Shaun Halton, Ben Watson and Gary Britland decided to produce a film about the events and the impact it had on life in Tupton.
The group interviewed a range of people from Tupton, near Clay Cross. These included Colin Smith, who owns a house next to the ones that had to be demolished due to the bombings, and Beulah Rhodes, the daughter of one of the women that died during the air raids.
Others to be interviewed were Thomas Bicknell and Arline Findley, who were children at the time of the raid, and Reverend Charles Beresford.
The group also filmed at the site of the bombings, the graves of the people who died and the war memorial. They also visited the snooker centre in Clay Cross, which was the site of a prisoner of war camp during the Second World War.
Councillor Bob Janes, Derbyshire County Council’s cabinet member for community services, said: “The project gave young people the opportunity to cross the generation gap and spend time with older people.
“In producing the film they learnt how to use digital video and audio equipment, use software to edit films, write story boards and how to interview people.
“The finished film is an important piece of local history that ensures the memories of that day in 1941 will live on. I hope local people will take advantage of the opportunity to see the film.”
The main showing of the film will be on Thursday 10 March at Tupton Community Centre in Green Lane, Tupton. Doors will open at 6.45pm for a 7.15pm showing and members of the public are welcome to attend.
A private showing for people involved in the project, and invited guests, will take place on 2 March.
A film produced by members of Tupton Youth Club about civilian deaths during the Second World War is to get its public premiere.A group of seven young people from the Derbyshire County Council-run youth club worked with youth workers, parish councillor Graham Pass and arts group Third Piper to provide a unique memory of the period.
On 15 March 1941 11 civilians were killed during a bombing raid – the highest number of civilian casualties due to enemy action in any rural community in Derbyshire.
Cara Spence, Dayna Oldale and Laura Allen, all 15, Shelley Gibbons, 14, and 12-year-olds Shaun Halton, Ben Watson and Gary Britland decided to produce a film about the events and the impact it had on life in Tupton.
The group interviewed a range of people from Tupton, near Clay Cross. These included Colin Smith, who owns a house next to the ones that had to be demolished due to the bombings, and Beulah Rhodes, the daughter of one of the women that died during the air raids.
Others to be interviewed were Thomas Bicknell and Arline Findley, who were children at the time of the raid, and Reverend Charles Beresford.
The group also filmed at the site of the bombings, the graves of the people who died and the war memorial. They also visited the snooker centre in Clay Cross, which was the site of a prisoner of war camp during the Second World War.
Councillor Bob Janes, Derbyshire County Council’s cabinet member for community services, said: “The project gave young people the opportunity to cross the generation gap and spend time with older people.
“In producing the film they learnt how to use digital video and audio equipment, use software to edit films, write story boards and how to interview people.
“The finished film is an important piece of local history that ensures the memories of that day in 1941 will live on. I hope local people will take advantage of the opportunity to see the film.”
The main showing of the film will be on Thursday 10 March at Tupton Community Centre in Green Lane, Tupton. Doors will open at 6.45pm for a 7.15pm showing and members of the public are welcome to attend.
A private showing for people involved in the project, and invited guests, will take place on 2 March.
A group of seven young people from the Derbyshire County Council-run youth club worked with youth workers, parish councillor Graham Pass and arts group Third Piper to provide a unique memory of the period.
On 15 March 1941 11 civilians were killed during a bombing raid – the highest number of civilian casualties due to enemy action in any rural community in Derbyshire.
Cara Spence, Dayna Oldale and Laura Allen, all 15, Shelley Gibbons, 14, and 12-year-olds Shaun Halton, Ben Watson and Gary Britland decided to produce a film about the events and the impact it had on life in Tupton.
The group interviewed a range of people from Tupton, near Clay Cross. These included Colin Smith, who owns a house next to the ones that had to be demolished due to the bombings, and Beulah Rhodes, the daughter of one of the women that died during the air raids.
Others to be interviewed were Thomas Bicknell and Arline Findley, who were children at the time of the raid, and Reverend Charles Beresford.
The group also filmed at the site of the bombings, the graves of the people who died and the war memorial. They also visited the snooker centre in Clay Cross, which was the site of a prisoner of war camp during the Second World War.
Councillor Bob Janes, Derbyshire County Council’s cabinet member for community services, said: “The project gave young people the opportunity to cross the generation gap and spend time with older people.
“In producing the film they learnt how to use digital video and audio equipment, use software to edit films, write story boards and how to interview people.
“The finished film is an important piece of local history that ensures the memories of that day in 1941 will live on. I hope local people will take advantage of the opportunity to see the film.”
The main showing of the film will be on Thursday 10 March at Tupton Community Centre in Green Lane, Tupton. Doors will open at 6.45pm for a 7.15pm showing and members of the public are welcome to attend.
A private showing for people involved in the project, and invited guests, will take place on 2 March.
