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Plymouth Community History Festival
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AX
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About us
Celebrate Plymouth's diverse history with us on this special day of activities that brings local organisations and performers together at The Box.
10am-4pm
Meet, chat and get information from a range of local history organisations and societies in the Active Archives gallery.
Enjoy The Bazaar with food, crafts, music and more in Tavistock Place.
11am-12pm and 1-2pm
Enjoy screenings marking Black History Month in the Media Lab gallery.
11.30-11.45am
Performance by poet, Jackie Wacha. Jackie was born in Uganda during a time of political turmoil and upheaval. She's been writing poems and short stories ever since she first learned to read. She now lives in Plymouth and works on The Hidden Figures Project for WonderZoo.
11.45am-12pm
Performance by poet, Merris Longstaff. Merris was born in Jamaica and emigrated to the UK in the 1960s. As a descendant of the Windrush Generation, she has rich experience of both British and Caribbean cultures which has had a real influence her work.
12-12.30pm
Performance by singer, composer, musical director and writer, Bea Jarvis who will perform a set of classic jazz songs.
12.30pm-1pm
Performance of 'Devon’s War Girls' by Med Theatre. This two-woman play is inspired by true events and explores the stories of those left behind in Devon during the Second World War.
Travel back in time to Devon in 1939, when Britain was on the brink of war and urban and rural communities were making preparations. Dartmoor is suddenly home to evacuees, soldiers, medics and, of course, the Land Girls. Molly and Enid, two young women trying to navigate wartime life, take turns in telling true local stories, combining physical theatre, props, music and dance to bring the region's war history to life.
