Battle of Bamber Bridge 80th Anniversary, 22nd – 25th June 2023

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Interviews with PBHG partners and local people, and including the speeches at the 80th anniversary festival.

Audio interviews by Bernie Velvick, Preston Black History Group, photos by Tony Maiden, Preston Black History Group. All copyright Preston Black History Group

Visit our Battle of Bamber Bridge webpage to find coverage of all of the anniversary weekend events

Eunice Byers, aged 106, talks about her experiences in 1943

Clinton Smith, Chair of Preston Black History Group Interviewed Eunice Byers, aged 106, the last known witness of the Battle of Bamber Bridge. The interview was filmed and edited with thanks to UCLAN Film and Media Lecturers.

Speeches at the beginning of the Battle of Bamber Bridge 80th anniversary festival at Ye Olde Hob Inn, Church Rd, Bamber Bridge. 24th June 2023. These speeches give a great deal of information and context to the anniversary celebrations

Prof Alan Rice, Clinton Smith, Prof StJohn Crean, Aaron Snipe,
Prof Alan Rice, Prof StJohn Crean, Clinton Smith, Aaron Snipe

Chris Lomax, Mayor of South Ribble Borough Council, Prof Alan Rice, UCLAN, IBAR (Institute for Black Atlantic Research, MIDEX (Research Centre for Migration, Diaspora and Exile), Prof StJohn Crean, UCLAN Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise, Clinton Smith (Chair, Preston Black History Group), Aaron Snipe, US Embassy Spokesperson

Interviews with the partners for all the events. Many months, even years, of planning, meetings, research, and background work went into making all the events happen.

Chris Lomax, Mayor of South Ribble Borough Council

Kim and Chris Lomax (Mayoress and Mayor of South Ribble Borough Council), Eunice Byers, (aged 106), last known witness of the Battle of Bamber Bridge and Clinton Smith Chair PBHG
Kim and Chris Lomax (Mayoress and Mayor of South Ribble Borough Council), Eunice Byers, (aged 106), last known witness of the Battle of Bamber Bridge and Clinton Smith Chair PBHG

Aaron Snipe, US Embassy Spokesperson

Clinton Smith, Mayoress Kim Lomax, Aaron Snipe and Mayor Chris Lomax have a spirited reunion
Clinton Smith, Mayoress Kim Lomax, Aaron Snipe and Mayor Chris Lomax have a spirited reunion

Prof Alan Rice, UCLAN, IBAR (Institute for Black Atlantic Research)

Prof Alan Rice talks to Eunice Byers about the bible she received from an American GI in 1943
Prof Alan Rice talks to Eunice Byers about the bible she received from an American GI in 1943

Jemma Rodgers, Producer of ‘The Railway Children Return’ Film

Jemma Rodgers and Prof Gregory Cooke at the Battle of Bamber Bridge plaque
Jemma Rodgers and Prof Gregory Cooke at the Battle of Bamber Bridge plaque

Danny Lyons, ‘Brigger’ (Bamber Bridge resident), Film maker, Sculptor, and local historian

Danny Lyons with Mayoress Kim Lomax and Mayor Chris Lomax
Danny Lyons with Mayoress Kim Lomax and Mayor Chris Lomax

Prof Gregory S Cooke, Film maker and educator.

Rev Karen Le Mouton and Prof Gregory Cooke
Rev Karen Le Mouton and Prof Gregory Cooke

Rev Karen Le Mouton, Minister at Bamber Bridge

Sylius Toussaint (PBHG member), Rev Karen Le Mouton and Prof Gregory Cooke
Sylius Toussaint (PBHG member), Rev Karen Le Mouton and Prof Gregory Cooke

Visitors from afar and local people share their thoughts and impressions of the anniversary events with Bernie.

Sarah Locke, Landlady of Ye Old Hob Inn, Bamber

Ye Olde Hob Inn after the performance
Ye Olde Hob Inn after the performance

Eunice Evans, ‘Brigger’ (Bamber Bridge resident), niece of Eunice Byers (aged 106, last known witness of the Battle of Bamber Bridge)

Members of Preston Black History Group with Prof Gregory Cooke, Mayor and Mayoress Chris and Kim Lomax, Eunice Byers and her family.
Members of Preston Black History Group with Prof Gregory Cooke, Mayor and Mayoress Chris and Kim Lomax, Eunice Byers and her family.

Ros Martin, British playwright, poet, performance artist, curator and activist, based in Bristol

Ros Martin (writer, artist (pavement chalking) and archivist of black and working class histories) asks Gary Younge a question. With Sylius Toussaint and Bernie Velvick from PBHG
Ros Martin (writer, artist, and archivist of black and working class histories) asks Gary Younge a question. With Sylius Toussaint and Bernie Velvick from PBHG

Denise Johnson, Lay Preacher, Bamber Bridge Methodists

Lay Preacher Denise Johnson and Minister Rev Karen Le Mouton
Lay Preacher Denise Johnson and Minister Rev Karen Le Mouton

You can listen to recordings of the History Walk along the sites of the Battle of Bamber Bridge by Prof Alan Rice with Clinton Smith and Danny Lyons, recorded on 25th June 2023.

‘Guerilla’ memorial placed under the Battle of Bamber Bridge memorial plaque outside Ye Olde Hob Inn, Church Rd, Bamber Bridge
‘Guerilla’ memorial placed under the Battle of Bamber Bridge memorial plaque outside Ye Olde Hob Inn, Church Rd, Bamber Bridge

Visit our Battle of Bamber Bridge webpage to find coverage of all of the anniversary weekend events

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