First World War Veterans Last Reunion Celebration

Conrad's piano playing, Smiler's mental gymnastics (no one could recite the alphabet backwards faster than Smiler!) and other veterans' moving testimonies, spirited singing and great sense of humour made for a most memorable day.

Among the many highlights of the day were:

• The launch of the Streets Ahead project by Steve Goodwin.
• Isla St. Clair's spine-chilling version of the Scottish song from the First World War, The Flowers of the Forest.
• Ben Walsh's inspirational talk on how to connect young people to history.
• Paul McGann (the Monocled Mutineer and a former Doctor Who) excitedly collecting the veterans autographs!
• Robb Johnson's songs from Gentle Men.
• The handing over of the veterans' legacy to the school children present.

Veteran Henry Allingham, 104 years old, a former air mechanic, points back at the famous poster of Kitchener in a virtual world and tells us of his feelings about him.
	Steve Goodwin guides Henry around a virtual exhibition of First World War posters, photos and paintings.
Actor Paul McGann explores his Liverpool roots in virtual galleries made for the Streets Ahead project, in the company of Robb Johnson (left) and John Hopwood (right).
	Paul interacts with the art and music work made by students of St. Julie's High School in Woolton, a few miles from where he was born in Liverpool.

We would like to thank Dennis and Steve Goodwin and all at Dark Horse Venture and the PRO/National Archives for their help in putting on such a great event.

A special version of CreativeVR will be available in the download section, with images and sounds from the event.