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John


Dear colleagues,

Digging Dad's Army:  The east and south east London peoples war project.

Digging Dad's Army is a new, research led, community based project which is 
designed to investigate and publish, the material survivals and cultural 
experience of the conflicts of the 20th Century as they impacted on the 
communities of south east and east London.  

The project has been set up under the umbrella of the "Great War Archaeology 
Group," after discussions involving Nick Saunders of the University of Bristol, 
Neil Faulkner visiting lecturer at Bristol and features editor of Current 
Archaeology, Martin Kender of the Great War Archaeology Group and myself.  
However, we would like to bring the project to a wider audience for comment 
and discussion before we settle on the final project aims and design.  

As well as primary archaeological and historical research, the project also aims 
to look at ways of sharing the knowledge generated and the skills required to 
acquire it, with the contemporary communities of the study area through work 
with primary and secondary schools, the higher and continuing education 
sector and and via a range of public events.  The archaeological programme 
starts with fieldwork in the Shooters Hill area this June with the support of the 
London Borough of Greenwich Parks Department.
 
This is Public Archaeology and Archive work coupled with a strong commitment 
to education and outreach and we want to involve a wide range of skills, 
expertise and enthusiasms in the planning and delivery of it.  Hence this 
invitation is not just to Archaeologists and Historians, professional and 
vocational, but is also to Teachers, Living History Practitioners, and in fact 
anyone with an interest in this subject and the geographical area covered by 
the project.  We see Digging Dad's Army very much as the chance to forge 
new and creative partnerships as we create a truly multi disciplinary project.
 
We wanted to both let you know about the project and invite you to, a launch 
seminar for the Digging Dad's Army Project on Saturday March 7th at 
Shrewsbury House, Bushmore Avenue, Shooters Hill, Woolwich, from 11am to 
1pm.  

If you cannot come but would like to make any comments, either personally, 
or on behalf of an organisation you represent with an interest in this 
geographical or subject area, please don't hesitate to contact me directly or 
comment via the discussion thread.

You will find details about the event and more information about "Digging Dad's 
Army," on the website of the Great War Archaeology Group.

http://www.gwag.org/ProjectsDDA.htm

We look forward to your comments and hopefully to meeting you on saturday 
or as the project grows.

Thanks

Andy Brockman

pp The Digging Dad's Army Project