This blog holds posts of what was the online CRBR, a forum for people who work on Belgian refugees during WW1 (UK, FR, NL...) and for people who want to share their personal history. However, this blog is no longer maintained. @belgianrefugees
Thursday, 12 March 2015
calendar of events 2015 - updated 12 March
February 2015
17 - exhibition Valentines Mansion opens (Redbridge). This runs until 31 May 2015.
March
2 - Belgian refugees in Twickenham in the First World War. Talk by Helen Baker.
13 - In Flanders Fields Museum supports exhibition in the education museum of Ypres on education in wartime for Belgian refugees
14 - Conference on Belgian refugees (focus lies with NL and UK) at 50 years Familiekunde Vlaanderen at Felix Archives, Antwerp
19 - Forced and Coerced Labour: Comparing Colonial Spaces and Global Conflicts, one day conference at Ceges/Soma (Brussels).
April
2 - Belgische vluchtelingen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk gedurende de eerste wereldoorlog, talk at Familiekunde Aalst (Erembodegem)
May
31 May - exhibition at Valentines Mansion ends (Redbridge)
July
21 July, 7pm, Amgueddfa Ceredigion/Ceredigion Museum, Terrace Rd, Aberystwyth