A REMEMBRANCE workshop was held in Millom yesterday to encourage people to express their memories in a creative way.

Millom Discovery Museum welcomed artists from the Cumbria Museum of Military Life as part of a collection of remembrance events in the town this year.

Business owners have also joined in, and will display posters in shop windows throughout the town with the names and information of every Millom soldier who died during the First World War.

Ali McCaw said: “There has been a whole series of these workshops around the county because we wanted each major town around Cumbria to have a workshop where people could explore their memories.

“It has been really interesting because we have been around the county and we have seen people from five-year-olds to older men who fought in the Falklands. It is that range of memories we have been looking at and that is what makes us people.”

After hosting similar events around the county since April, the workshop tour came to an end in Millom.

Celia Burbush said: “We have been making little houses and we came up with the idea that every house holds memories and we are putting slits in the walls or roof so people can write something personal if that helps them and they can keep it inside.”

Jill Mojonnier, from the Millom Discovery Centre, hailed the event and urged people to remember those who lost their lives during conflict.

She said: “It is nice to have them here and it is another point of interest for families in the school holidays. They love it and it is great to see.

“It is very important to have these events because we can never forget. “The children seem very aware of it all and when they see signs go up it is surprising seeing how much they understand.

“My grandson, although he is 18 now, grew up knowing about the war and he is still very sad when he talks about it and it is a strange feeling they get.

“Doing events and exhibitions like this bring it all into a modern context.

“All around town we have set up all of the memorials to the soldiers who lost their lives and it is good to remember.”