An archaeological project to record life in the New Forest during World War II has been given a £551,000 lottery grant. The "New Forest remembers - untold stories of World War II" project involves collating information, memories, photographs and artefacts. Surveys from the air using infrared lights, mapping and fieldwork on WWII sites will also be carried out. BBC News - New Forest WWII history project given £551,000 lottery money
Sounds like a great idea. It would be nice to see a similar deal for all counties in the UK to be covered for posterity. Regards Tom
Sounds like good news, and I like Tom's idea. Just makes me sad that a project I was (briefly) involved with going for Lottery Funding never made it and the subject (LCT 7074) now lies semi-submerged in Birkenhead.
Great news! I like Tom's idea of doing the same in each county, but as Mike L says getting lottery funding is like finding gold. You jump through hoops and then are informed that owing to more pressing projects yours is unfundable at this stage please try again, I know I tried for the local Air Cadets,
It's not only that Oldman, but as you probably know unless you tick all the 'right' boxes you don't even get off the starting line. Then next stage you will probably need Professional input - Architect, Surveyor etc and the obligatory 'consultants'. So you need a few quid anyway to put all that together for your bid and still no guarantee of funding. I have heard of cases where the 'consulants' (and I believe some work on a 'no win no fee') basis effectively take contol of the project and the poor sod who had the idea in the first place gets largely sidelined. Then of course the 'consultants' get their fee paid if funding is granted. Cynical? Moi?
