As part of the City’s programme of events to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of World War Two, Coventry Older People’s Forum, The Herbert and the City’s library service have joined up with the BBC to take part in the People’s War online archive project.
To launch the anniversary year and as a precursor to the city’s events surrounding Holocaust Memorial Day, the BBC People’s War Roadshow was on show in Coventry Cathedral from 14 Jan to 28 Jan 2005.
Volunteers from Coventry Older People’s Forum were on hand in the cathedral nave and in Benedict’s Café to hear visitors' stories and help to add them to the People’s War website.
As an added extra visitors had the chance to see and handle wartime objects from The Herbert's collections and to chat to 'Sergeant Gosford' of the local Home Guard. Staff at Benedict's Cafe also got into the spirit of it by decorating the dining area and offering a 'wartime special' to customers.
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