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From Where I’m Sitting…Sam Wadsworth Calendar

19 August 2015 - 19 August 2015
12pm & 2pm


Get closer to some of the key figures featured in the The Greater Game: Football & the First World War, with these interactive story sessions which give younger visitors the chance to dress up and handle objects; suitable for ages 7+.  

Today's session looks at Walter Sam Wadsworth; a player that before the war played for Blackburn Rovers and who overcame the horrors of the Great War to go on and become captain of England.

Sessions run at 12:00 & 14:00 in The Greater Game: Football & the First World War exhibition on level 3.

No booking required; however, capacity limited to 30.

There is no charge for the session, however there is a £1 charge for entry to the exhibition (free for under 16s).