Merseyside at War 1914-1918 Project – Poetry Readings

Merseyside at War 1914-18 – The War Poetry of the ‘Great War’

On 30th November 2013 a poetry event was held in the Stanton Fuller Lecture Theatre, LJMU Avril Robarts Library, Tithebarn Street, Liverpool. Introduced by Lord David Alton, Director of LJMU Foundation for Citizenship.

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Followed by an introduction to the Merseyside at War project by Professor Frank McDonough. At 11am a two minutes’ silence was held, followed by readings from War Poetry of the ‘Great War’.

The readings can be played and downloaded below. To download, right-click on the title of the reading and select ‘Save Target As…’