Project Description
The 'Far, Far from Ypres' Project was created through collaboration between Great War Dundee, Poppyscotland Learning and WW100 Scotland. The Project is a legacy of Ian McCalman’s award-winning multi-media production of the same name. Featuring songs and stories from the Great War it was a rich source of information about the conflict and its impact on Scotland. The 'Far, Far From Ypres' learning resources are intended to build on themes that were covered in the production, as well as those in the SQA National 5 and Higher courses (Historical Study: Scottish) ‘The Era of the Great War, 1900-1928’ and ‘The Impact of the Great War, 1914-18’. Resources are grouped by the four main content areas identified by each course, with learning materials covering key issues. Each content area includes short videos featuring experts discussing essential topics and introducing contested themes, with relevant excerpts from the stage show, and linked source extracts to help students analyse and contextualise historical sources, a specific skill focus of these units. Our project partners were: WW100 Scotland; Poppyscotland; Great War Dundee (Dr Derek Patrick & Dr William Kenefick); Legion Scotland; Ian McCalman and the cast of Far, Far from Ypres. Our funders were Anonymous Trust, Creative Scotland, Dickson Minto, the James Wood Bequest Fund, the Leng Charitable Trust, the Morton Charitable Trust [Dundee], the Robertson Ness Trust, the Tay Charitable Trust, the Barrack Charitable Trust, the Clydesdale Bank, the David and June Gordon Memorial Trust, the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, the Maple Trust, the Mary Salmond Trust, the Verden Sykes Trust, the Walter Craig Charitable Trust and the William S Phillips Fund. Key contributions and input towards the project were given by Abertay University; Dr Ann Petrie; Group Captain Bob Kemp; Denise Dunlop; Education Scotland; Greentrax Recordings; Dr Iain Donald; Ian Green; John Anderson; Dr Michael Taylor; The National Library of Scotland; Neil McLennan; Sam Henry; Sarah Moyles; Tea and Type; Trevor Royle; Wav Lab and University of St Andrews.
Event
Focus and Research
Resources used for research
Interviews with Dr. Anne Petrie (University of Abertay); Dr Derek Patrick & Dr William Kenefick (Great War Dundee); St Group Captain Bob Kemp (Member of the Scottish Commemorations Panel); historian Dr Michael Taylor; John Anderson (Grove Academy, Dundee); Neil McLennan (Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen); Dr Iain Donald (University of Abertay & Great War Dundee Project); Gordon Michie (Head of Fundraising & Learning at Poppyscotland); Trevor Royle (Broadcaster, Author and Member of the Scottish Commemorations Panel). The First World War newspaper clippings that featured as part of the project included The Courier (September 14, 1914), The Bystander, ‘The Vulgarity of Voluntarism’, (December 9, 1914), Montrose Review (February 20, 1920), Everywoman’s magazine (February 8 and March 29, 1919), Letter by Dundee-Telegraphist Annie Keir Lamont (November 1921), the Dundee People’s Journal (January 22, 1916) and the Dundee Courier (November 29, 1918). We also utilised a recruitment poster produced for the 'Parliamentary Recruitment Committee in 1915 by the artist Savile Lumley. Extracts from books: Trevor Royle, 'The Flowers of the Forest: Scotland and the First World War', Edinburgh, 2007, pages 31-32] & 'A Military History of Scotland', pages 529-30; Richard Finlay, ‘National Identity in Crisis: Politicians, Intellectuals, and the ‘End of Scotland' in Modern Scottish History Volume 4: Readings, Article 26 – pages 13-14; Angela McCarthy, ‘Personal Accounts of Leaving Scotland, 1921- 1954’, The Scottish Historical Review, Vol LXXXIII, 2, 2004, page 196; A. McCarthy, ‘Personal Accounts of Leaving Scotland’, Table 1, page 202 (extracted from N. Carrier & J.R. Jeffery, 'External Migration: A Study of the Available Statistics, 1815-1950' (London, 1953) Table D/F/G (1), 96); W. Kenefick, ‘Scottish War Resisters and Conscientious Objectors, 1914-1919’ in M. Kerby, Margaret Baguley & Janet McDonald (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of Artistic and Cultural Responses to War since 1914, pages 295-296, 298; Clive H. Lee, ‘The Scottish Economy and the First World War’, in C. Macdonald & E. McFarland (eds.) Scotland and the Great War (Edinburgh University Press, 1999), page 11 & 32; Peter L. Payne, 'Growth and Contraction: Scottish Industry c.1860-1990' (Dundee, 1992); Derek Aldcroft, 'The British Economy Between the Wars' (London, 1983); W. Kenefick, “Who will show us any good?’ The Aftermath of the First World War’: article written for the Courier First World War Armistice Anniversary Supplement, November 2018; see also ‘Epilogue’ (Postscript) in Caroline Lindsay & Gus Proctor (eds), 'First World War. The Scottish Soldiers Story' (The Courier, Dundee, 2019); William Gallacher, 'Revolt on the Clyde: An Autobiography', p. 234; C. Harvie, 'No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland since 1914', page 16; Iain McLean, 'The Legend of Red Clydeside' (Edinburgh, reprint 1999); I. Thatcher, ‘Representations of Scotland in Nashe Slovo during the First World War’; W. Kenefick, ''Aberdeen as More Red Than Glasgow’. The Impact of the First World War and the Russian Revolution beyond Red Clydeside’: chapters in M. Cronwall & M. Frame (eds), 'Scotland and the Slavs: Cultures in Contact 1500-2000 in Scotland' (Oriental Research Partners, Newtonville, MA and Sankt-Petersburg, 2001); W. Kenefick, 'The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Radical Left c.1872 to 1932' (Edinburgh University Press, 2007); A. Cooke (et al.), 'Modern Scottish History Volume 5: Major Documents' (Edinburgh, 2007 edition); A. Petrie, 'The 1915 Rent Strikes: An East Coast Perspective' (Abertay Historical Society, Dundee 2008); W. Kenefick, ‘The Impact of War and Revolution – Dundee 1914-1918’ in W. Kenefick and D. Patrick (eds.) Tayside at War (Abertay Historical Society, Dundee, 2018).