Following a successful bid to the Armed ForcesCovenant Fund, Kidderminster West Team now have seven There but not There silhouettes for thethree team churches and local community as part of their commemoration of the end of World War 1.
Some of the silhouettes have a permanent place inthe churches and can be viewed any time the church is open. Others aretravelling around the parish and local area with a view to commemorate, educate and to heal.
Church member, Heather Prangley said: "There have been manyinteresting reactions so far and people are genuinely interested in finding outmore. The silhouettes hope to be the abiding concluding image of the WW1commemorations for 2018 as the poppies at the Tower of London were for 2014."
The Kidderminster West team has also set up a blog in the name of Tommy Kiddy.Tommy is the nickname given to British WW1soliders. The Army introduced anexemplar form for soldiers to follow when filling in the application form tosign up as many had poor literacy skills. The name used was Thomas Atkins.Kiddy, of course, is the shortened name for Kidderminster often affectionatelyused by locals.
Tommy Kiddy is 21, married to Violet,with a daughter, Gwen. Before signing up he worked in one of Kidderminsterscarpet factories. He writes that he has alwayskept a diary and even though it was hard to keep his paper clean and dry in thetrenches he still tried to write something every day.
Follow hisstory https://tommykiddy.wordpress.com/blog/
All are welcome to view the Magnificent Seven together at The Holy Innocents Church, Stourport Rd.Kidderminster, DY11 6LA during an Open Church session at our coffee morningbetween 10am to midday on Saturday, 3 November. Bacon buttieswill be available!
