What's On?
Yate Heritage Centre will mark the First World War Centenary event with a major history event. visitors will be able to experience different aspects of civilian and military life during World War I with numerous demonstrators and related activities from the time. Visitors will also be to learn about life in the Great War in the Yate and Sodbury areas through our own exhibition and discover their own links with the Great War with family and military historians.
At 10am there will be a parade between Yate Heritage Centre and Yate Shopping Centre. 10.40am First World War Centenary Service 11am Opening of First World War Day 11.15am Westerleigh Brass Band 12pm First World War Storytelling 12.30pm Westerleigh Brass Band 1pm First World War Songs 1.30pm First World War Storyteller 2pm Royal British Legion Choir, 2.30pm First World War Songs 3pm First World War Storytelling.
St Mary's Church will also host World War I related activities and displays to mark the display.
Admission free. Funded and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Yate Town Council and South Gloucestershire Council and Heidelberg Cement.