The Rifles – coming soon to The Town House Hamilton
World Premiere
Packed with new songs and some old favourties that are intertwined with a Lanarkshire love story and the families’ struggle back home, The Rifles recounts the Cameronians harrowing experiences in France during the First World War.
A world premiere musical production by a large ensemble cast from South Lanarkshire High Schools supported by a live professional band. The Rifles is the brand new musical play from the creative team that brought the smash hit Divided City to Lanarkshire in 2013.
Part of South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture’s First World War Project:
Local Heroes – The Untold Stories of The Cameronians in their Own Words
Times: Thursday 5, Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November 7:30pm
The Town House Hamilton
Tickets: Adults £10.00 / Children £6.00
Box Office: 01698 452299
www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk
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Last chance to see Cameronian Curiosities exhibition!
This Sunday (11th October) will be your last chance to see “Cameronian Curiosities”, our temporary exhibition showcasing some of the weird and wonderful objects from The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) museum collections, on display in Low Parks Museum. We have some exciting new exhibitions and displays coming up in Low Parks Museum – watch this space for more updates!
If you haven’t been able to see the exhibition in the flesh, you can see some of the objects that feature in the display on our website – Cameronians Curiosities.
Don’t forget that you can also explore thousands of objects from the South Lanarkshire museum collections by using our online collections browser – Online Collection.
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Posted: 07/10/2015 by BarrieDuncan in Days out, Events
Cameronians in the First World War – new display at Low Parks Museum
We have recently changed over our temporary display case at Low Parks Museum based on The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in the First World War. The new material focuses on the Gallipoli campaign and the Battle of Loos, in which several battalions of The Cameronians were engaged.
One item on display is the Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded to Private James Smith of the 7th Scottish Rifles. Private Smith was given the award for his bravery in assisting soldiers who had been wounded in an attack launched on 12th July 1915. This certificate from the museum collection describes Private Smith’s actions that day.
Certificate describing the events of 12th July 1915, that led to Private Smith being awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal
Also on display is the battered old bugle carried throughout the War by the bugler of the 10th Battalion Scottish Rifles. The 10th Scottish Rifles arrived in France on 10th July 1915, as part of the 15th Scottish Division. Their first major action was at Loos on 25th September 1915, where they suffered heavy casualties in the attack on Loos village and the subsequent action on Hill 70. When the War had ended the bugle was presented to Colonel A. V. Ussher, the officer who had commanded the Battalion at the Battle of Loos, and where he himself had been badly wounded.
Bugle carried by the bugler of the 10th Scottish Rifles throughout the First World War
You can see these, and many more objects from the regimental collections of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), on display at Low Parks Museum, Hamilton.
Remember, you can also search and browse thousands of objects from the museum collection using our online collections website:
http://www.sllcmuseumscollections.co.uk/online_collection.jsp
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The First World War Centenary Lighting Project in Glasgow
On Remembrance Day, Tuesday 11th November 2014, the story of Glasgow’s part in the First World War was explored through a stunning projection onto the City Chambers at George Square. Artists specialising in the use of light and sound were commissioned by Glasgow City Council to tell the story of Glasgow in the First World War, looking at the contribution of Glaswegians to the war effort, both at home and abroad, and the impact the War had on the city and its citizens.
The finished light show being projected onto the City Chambers, November 11th 2014
Using photographs, film, and archival material from a variety of sources, Glasgow’s wartime story was projected onto the iconic City Chambers at George Square on November 11th 2014, accompanied by music, sound and readings of contemporary accounts of Glaswegians at war.
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) had strong ties to the City of Glasgow; in 1914, the 1st Battalion were stationed in Glasgow’s Maryhill Barracks, departing there for France in August, 1914. Three territorial battalions of The Cameronians, the 5th, 7th and 8th, were based in Glasgow and recruited almost exclusively from the city.
The cap badge of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) surrounded by Douglas tartan
Extensive material from the South Lanarkshire Council Museum collection was used by the artists to create the sound and light show. Included among these were personal accounts from officers and men who served with the territorial battalions of the Regiment based in Glasgow.
The diary of Private Charles Bow, who served with the 7th Battalion Scottish Rifles at Gallipoli.
Much of the material used from South Lanarkshire’s museum collection had been made available through a variety of in-house digitisation and transcription projects that have brought to light some of the treasures we hold.
The 5th Scottish Rifles in their trenches, France, 1914.
You can watch the recorded show on the STV Glasgow website: http://glasgow.stv.tv/181281/
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