Chelsea Society - Volunteers required

Chelsea Society Needs You

With our exhibition Chelsea In the Great War coming up soon - the  2^nd to the 15^th June - we shall need a great number of volunteers to man the desk for fourteen days.    Many of you have already indicated on the survey that you are willing to help and many more of you are on my list having helped at previous events.  We are extremely grateful for all your support and I will be in touch with you later.    However if there are any members reading this Newsletter who have not yet let us know they could help, or who would be willing to confirm when they can help, could you please let me know?  My contact details are at the end of this message.

I think you will find the exhibition based on life in Chelsea between 1914 and 1918 particularly interesting with some surprising activities in the Borough, for example not one but two aircraft factories.  In addition we have readings from a fascinating diary of a Chelsea resident writing to her newborn son, a talk  by the author of a critically acclaimed book  Wounded: From the Battlefield to Blighty, and the actual football kicked to launch the offensive at the Battle of Loos by the men of the Irish Rifles in 1915.  It was retrieved from the barbed wire and brought back to regimental headquarters at the Duke of York’s.  On 10^th June it will be brought back ‘home.

The duties are not onerous and most people work in pairs, doing two hour stints, to encourage visitors to join the Society, tell them about its activities and sell cards and literature.  In addition, to add icing to the cake, we hold a party for all those who have helped