{"id":512,"date":"2016-01-13T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T12:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/?p=512"},"modified":"2017-04-11T09:15:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T09:15:11","slug":"holmleigh-primary-school-hackney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/holmleigh-primary-school-hackney\/","title":{"rendered":"Holmleigh Primary School, Hackney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">27 November 2015<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/155017908\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"TB Holmleigh School Letter Song - Autumn 2015\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h6><strong>LETTER FROM HORACE SEWELL \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0HOLMLEIGH PRIMARY SCHOOL<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><em>Dear Edith,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you for your heart-warming letters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They really cheer me up, cheer me up, cheer me up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They really cheer me up, cheer me up, cheer me up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[Repeat]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The trenches are flooded, flooded, flooded<\/p>\n<p>The trenches are smelly and cold! cold! cold! cold!<\/p>\n<p>Flying pigs; German bombs are falling from the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Flying pigs; German bombs are falling from the sky.<\/p>\n<p>The other day a dud landed in our trench<\/p>\n<p>But a sapper disabled it straight away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have a soldier\u2019s heart, I have a soldier\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n<p>I feel dejected watching my men die.<\/p>\n<p>We have pugnacious opponents but we intend to defeat them.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll teach those rats a lesson and kill them all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have a soldier\u2019s heart, I have a soldier\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n<p>The horses\u2019 feet are rotting, rotting, rotting in the gluey mud.<\/p>\n<p>You have to sacrifice souls to win the game,<\/p>\n<p>And we need more reinforcements if we\u2019re going to win, going to win, going to win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so proud to have won the Legion d\u2019honneur<\/p>\n<p>Now if I die, I will die with honour<\/p>\n<p>Now if I die, I will die with honour<\/p>\n<p>Now if I die, I will die with honour<\/p>\n<p>Now if I die, I will die with honour\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Edith, my beloved,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I can\u2019t wait for our wedding.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It keeps me alive, me alive, me alive,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It keeps me alive, me alive, me alive,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[Repeat]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your loving fianc\u00e9e,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Sewell<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>I learned an amazing lot about World War One. &#8211; Melike<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>I loved that everyone came to see us perform all our hard work. &#8211; Leah<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>The best thing about the composing was that it was made up from our letters and we made it all up. &#8211; Julia <\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>The best thing about the activity was when we made the puppets uniform and the face. I learned how to make a puppet and patience. &#8211; Saima <\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p> A high quality mixed media performance leading to greatly enhanced expectations. A real sense of occasion and performance felt by performers and audience. &#8211; Kevin, Head of Holmleigh Primary School <\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2><\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p> A reminder that hands on, high expectations, diversity of approaches, and expert modelling lead to great learning! We all really enjoyed the project, and it was great to work with skilled professionals in a variety of fields. The project matched expectations very well, especially in the diversity of learning opportunities. &#8211; Kevin, Head of Holmleigh Primary School <\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"issuuembed\" style=\"width: 650px;height: 459px\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/?p=512\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/151127_Holmleigh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/151127_Holmleigh.png 710w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/01\/151127_Holmleigh-300x38.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 November 2015 LETTER FROM HORACE SEWELL \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0HOLMLEIGH PRIMARY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/legacytrenchbrothers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}