World War I project - Belgium April 2014
Twelve young people from North Belfast recently embarked on trips to London, Belgium and France to increase their knowledge of the Great War to mark the centenary.
Twelve young people from North Belfast recently embarked on trips to London, Belgium and France to increase their knowledge of the Great War to mark the centenary.
Air raids, conscription, evacuation and rationing - just some of the grim realities of the First World War, far removed from the lives of today's teenagers.
However, students from the New Lodge area of north Belfast have been getting an unusual history lesson from the Ulster Museum.
Eleven young people, aged between 13 and 16, from New Lodge Arts, have taken part in a project to learn more about Belfast's military history.
New Lodge Arts Ashton Centre 5 Churchill Street Belfast, BT15 2BP 028 9074 2255 anne.delaney@ashtoncentre.com