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Hannah Binns (17), from Downham, and a former pupil of Bowland High School, Grindleton, tells Slow she spent a summer with a difference at Imperial War Museum North at Salford Quays.


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of A-level studies at Nelson and Colne College?


H Most of you will presume


socialising and drinking with friends, spending the fol­ lowing day in bed until 3pm, hung over. But what if I told you that


wasn't necessarily the case (well most of the time) and 1 actually spent my holidays doing something worth­ while? After completing “The


Challenge” last summer, I stayed in touch with the National Citizens Service via Facebook and leaped at the chance of volunteering at the Imperial War Museum North. History has always been one of my favourite sub-


An award winning conversion of the former village school at Tosside, which has seen a painstaking renovation and improvements to offer well- planned and exceptional family accommodation


-with a wealth of original features nestling alongside modern comforts.


q Situated in an Area of Out­ standing Natural Beauty, the property is close to the popu­ lar bike trails and walks in the Gisburn Forest and the Forest ofBowland. A large entrance porch


is used to access the ground floor via the original stone arched door with date stones carved 1845 and 1866. ' The dining room retains r its original panelled door with


© original straps and gudgeons. The stone fireplace is home to a multi-fuel stove set on an at­ tractive slate hearth. There are solid oak boarded floors and four high-stand tradition- al radiators, the original stone mullioji double window and a feature minstrel’s balustrade with original panelling.


HOUGHTON SCHOOL HALLJOSSIDE Immediately off the din­


ing room, accessed by anoth­ er original door (again with straps and gudgeons), is the snug, complete with another multi-fuel stove. The office is adjacent and


open to the snug room and has stone window seats and timber mantels to the rear el­ evation. The sitting room also has a


carved stone fireplace, origi­ nal solid oak panel floors and single glazed original timber windows to the front and rear elevations. Aseparate day/TV room has windows to the gable and rear and a timber beamed ceiling. A lovely, light kitchen with high ceilings and stone mullion windows is fitted with wall and base units, laminate flooring and a Rayburn oil fired stove set in a recess with stone surround. Up one of the property’s


two staircases, from the sit­ ting room, the first bedroom can be accessed. Its features include an oak timber board­ ed floor, timber balustrade, original trussed ceiling and en suite shower room.


REDUCED TO £495,000 Staircase two is a tradi­


tional timber return staircase, with turned newel posts, lead­ ing up from the snug room. The second bedroom also


houses an original stone mul­ lion window. The third bedroom has


more period features, with the fourth having an open timber balustrade/hobby and games room. The property is set in


lawned gardens with sur­ rounding original high stone walling and ornamental bed­ ded area. To the side of the property


is an extensive lawn, two sep­ arate driveways and parking.


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| jects and I wish to study it be­ yond A-level should I get the required grades. Therefore this opportunity sounded perfect and I emailed the mu­ seum to enquire further. • A week later, to my sur­


ow do you think I, your average 17-year-old girl, spent my sum­ mer holiday af­ ter completing my first year


prise, I heard back from the museum saying that 1 sounded like the ideal candidate and explaining what I would be doing while I was at the museum. It soon became apparent


that I would be working in the special exhibition “From Street to Trench: A World War That Shaped the Re­ gions”, delivering tours to the general public of the items in the exhibition which I found most interesting.. I have never been a fan of


public speaking, so the idea of delivering a tour to a dozen or so strangers terrified me, but I decided to carry on any­ way, knowing that this fear would go away after I had de­ livered my tour once or twice. Walking around the exhi­


bition, the aim of it is made rather clear: it is illustrat­ ing how the sacrifices and decisions made by those 100 years ago have shaped the North-West region that we are all familiar with today. The exhibition is split into


she parts, each highlighting the development of the war as you progress through it, my favourite section being “Waking up to War”, which illustrated the mass need


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formentosignupand fight, through the vast range on propaganda posters on dis­ play. During the sessions where I went to the museum to work on my tour script, I soon found a theme to base my tour around; the chang­ ing role of women during the war years. This subject had always


interested me during high school, and here in the exhi­ bition there were plenty of items related to the role of women that I could base my tour around, thus I decided on this as my theme. I learned rather a lot


from a few items. One ex­ ample was the story of Mary Duckworth and daughter Kathleen - displayed in the hospital corridor - which demonstrated how willing women were to learn new skills to aid the war effort, with the pair playing vital roles in an auxiliary hospital. My final session before


I would give my tour was a speech workshop, which taught me a vast range of exercises in order to get the most out of my voice. Exercises such as tensing


muscles and tongue twisters made it much easier to talk clearly and concisely, rather than trip upon words, which would be rather embarrass­ ing to do on my tour. The workshop overall was


a fun session, and I left feel­ ing relaxed and confident, ready to give my tour. But the dreaded day ar­


rived and I was filled with nerves. Luckily for me, a supportive friend from high school, who also has a pas­ sion for history, came along tolistentomytourincase nobody showed up. As it so happened, my


group contained 12 or so people with a mixture of age ranges, making me rather worried. What if the children got bored? Thankfully, the children were fascinated by the exhibition and the dress­ ing room cabinet, while the adults listened carefully to what I had to say about the


items of interest. Nobody left half-way


through due to bore­ dom, so that was a big relief. Twenty minutes soon flew by and before I knew it I had finished my tour. I was later rewarded


with a certificate and thanked by the special. exhibition director for my help at the museum the past few weeks. Looking back on the


experience now, I have learned rather a lot such as independence which will come in use­ ful at university, as well as gaining confidence in public speaking. I really


enjoyed my experience at the museum and I am so glad I took part in an opportunity this rare. If any of you are interested


in theFirst World War and wish to visit the museum to check out its special exhi­ bition I would recommend going. It is free of charge and based in Salford, Manches­ ter. It’s easy to find by travel­ ling from the city centre to the Media City via tram or even driving there. It is a great day out and the exhibition really does cap­


ture the stories of individu­ als from the region and helps their memories and stories live on and be remembered.


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