Wartime films screening in Barlborough Heritage Centre

Wartime films about evacuees in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and the Sheffield Blitz will be screened this month.

The first film features images of wartime activities in Barlborough, Worksop, Creswell, Clowne, Whitwell, Whaley Thorns, Shirebrook , Langwith, Bolsover, Doe Lea, Pleasley, Bramley Vale and Glossop in 1940 when evacuees from Lowestoft were residing in the counties.

The devastation caused by German bombers in Sheffield during the Blitz is highlighted in the second film.

Screenings take place at Barlborough Heritage Centre throughout June and until July 11. Contact 01246 810100 or email: [email protected]