4 St Peter's PCaycrs in cooperation with

Hutton Wl Choir & Brentwood Homestead Wl

7v/iiz memon%s An Evening of Letters, Songs, Poems, Pictures

& Refreshments of the WW1 Time

th Wednesday July 9"' 2014

South Weald Parish Hall

War Memoirs is presented to commemorate the start of the World War, one hundred years ago in 1914. The war was entered into to protect our freedom. Only later, was it known for the engineering developments to which it gave rise, the new opportunities afforded to women, and its terrible cost in terms of the wounded and the huge number of lives lost.

Overture to the Armed Man by Carl Jenkins

Off to the Front by the Late Jean Morris G Ball K Morgan J Morgan P Milham

'Your King and Your Country Needs You'

Speech - part of Lloyd George's 'Great Pinnacle of Sacrifice' Keith Morgan

We are Earth's Best - part of the Hill by Rupert Brooke Gary Ball

Anthem for Doomed Youth - poem by Wilfred Owen William Shorey

'Goodbyee' William Wells & Choir

Perhaps Some Day - poem by Vera Brittain Sophie Coote

From Roland to Vera - letter from France 28.11.15 Matt Jones

'Roses Are Flowering in Picardy'

'Keep the Home Fires Burning'

The War Girls - poem by Jesse Pope E Gibson S Coote W Snewing P Milham

'Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers'

From Tom to May - Letter from play Gary Ball

'Plum and Apple'

Lament - part of poem by F S Flint Matt Jones

Lamplight - poem by May W. Cannan Feb 1916 Sophie Coote

'It's a Long Way to Tipperary'

The Soldier - poem by Rupert Brooke William Wells

The Dead - poem by Rupert Brooke 1914 Gary Ball

Since They Have Died - poem by May W. Cannan Wendy Snewing

'There's a Long, Long Trail a-Winding'

Easter Monday - poem by Eleanor Farjeon Mollie Cooper

In Flanders Field - poem by John McCrae Curtis Zetter

'Comrades' Request from a Mother of 2 sons - letter Mrs W Coish April 1918

Genitha MacDonald

'We'll Keep a Welcome'

Futility - poem by Wilfred Owen William Wells

'Wish Me Luck as You Wave me Goodbye' For the Fallen - part of poem by Laurence Binyon

Lisa Mathews Playlet Conclusion

'The Last Post' - followed by silence Nathan Cobb

'Abide With Me' Refreshments & reverie

NOTE : please join in and sing with choir ail green typed pieces

Dedication Jean Morris was a founder member of St Peter's Players in 1970. She came south to Brentwood with Don, her husband, in the 60's, where they purchased a house in Belvedere Road. She and Don were childless; her friends became her 'family'.

Jean started teaching children at local schools, and instructed students in LAMDA courses; both of these she continued for the many years her life extended. Her social life centred around local groups and friendships, and through drama groups in which she acted and directed many, many times, winning for herself several NODA prizes.

Jean was still active in St. Peter's Players as recently as a month before her death, notoriously playing the part of Miss Maple in the Players' latest production 'Murdered to Death'.

Jean was renowned for her effervescent, caring and friendly personality, and her kind interest in people and their lives. She never tired of helping people and contributing to the world around her. She will be sorely missed, and long remembered.

Thanks are extended to both Betty Moore and Hutton Wl for their choral singing, and to Brentwood Homestead Wl for their support in the provision of refreshments.

Please speak to a member of the committee if you would like a DVD of the production, or a copy of the slideshow.