Coffee meeting to discuss oureducation project and to invite memories of Slingsby school form all whoattended up until the present time. Discussion of further ideas forinterviews  / research. Coffee and cake.£3.

This year May Day will be celebrated nationwide on Friday 8 May, to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day. All are invited to this meeting to help the Maypolers decide what should be added to Slingsby's traditional celebrations to reflect the VE anniversary.

Alex Sotheran is an archaeological adviser for the DefenceInfrastructure Organisation and has been a professional archaeologist foralmost twenty years. During that time he has also worked in battlefieldarchaeology since 2003 and this talk is a general introduction to the work hehas been involved with on battlefield sites in France and Belgium. The talkexplores three different sites, Thiepval, Bullecourt and Serre, the excavationsthat occurred there and the findings of that work. Also, there is a look atsome of the typical war materiel that you would expect to find on a First WorldWar archaeological excavation. This talk demonstrates what can be discoveredabout the First World War through the archaeological exploration of battlesites.
Admission: Friends FOC,Visitors, are very welcome, £4.00.