B’s Buttons - a Holocaust Memorial Project at the Lakes School

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0000xrc

The history behind the project. Have a listen,

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Tonight at 9pm on BBC 1 watch Judge Rinder talking on who do you think you are about his grandfather's experiences during the Holocaust and in Windermere on the Calgarth estate.

A massive thank to Lakeland for the collection and storage of 1.25million buttons from The Lakes School yesterday, and for the collection, transport and storage of 10 tonnes of buttons from the South East. Brilliant!!!

Communities donate 200,000 buttons for Holocaust memorial Communities in Bushey, Watford and Elstree and Hertsmere Jewish Primary School, Radlett, were collecting for B's Buttons

School features at 20mins in, starring Arek Hersh, Trevor Avery, Judith Dixon and Jenny Shaw!!!

The Lakes with Paul Rose - Series 1: 1. Windermere Explorer Paul Rose heads to Windermere.

For a button update, we will feature in tonight's North West Evening Mail, and tomorrow's Westmorland Gazette.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06b5nhc

Listen to Friday's interview - 1h 55 seconds in or so.

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1.1 million and counting.........

Jennie Dennett from BBC Radio Cumbria posted the following on Twitter on Friday:



Are there 1.5 million buttons here? One for every child killed in the Holocaust. The Lakes School in Windermere thinks the incredible international response to its button appeal has reached target. Volunteers are invited on Sunday 10-3 to join the last count

Following yesterday's count, a delivery from Broughton Jewish Primary School and Year 9's effortys this morning, I can announce that we have passed the 1 million mark of counted buttons. To be specific, 1,016,400.

Thank you!

Desperately seeking warehouse space!

We have A LOT of buttons now, and they are almost all counted. We now need somewhere to store them until such a time as we make the memorial, as it is becoming unmanageable to have them in my classroom for much longer.

They are (or will be) sensibly stacked - there are about 8 pallets and 5 grey bins, plus some plastic storage tubs. Has anyone got any space we could temporarily use?

Thanks in advance!

Yesterday saw Arek visit The Lakes School, and talk to our Year 9 students again.
They felt very privileged to have been offered such an opportunity. It is due to Arek's testimony that B's Buttons exists, so this was a particularly special visit for us.

A HUGE thank you to Ambleside Rainbows and Brownies (a few pictured!), who have finished their button count.

'We totally enjoyed this and wish you very good luck with the project.'

A staggering 28,620 buttons being delivered here to the Lakes School tomorrow.

Thank you!!!

Thank you for all your support in collecting, counting and sending buttons. In order to manage the project over the summer whilst school is closed, could I ask that you send any outstanding buttons to us ASAP, by July 20th? We will need to stop collecting, and start planning the next stage of the project, as well as get the remaining buttons counted.

Thanks!

Laura & B

We were on at 7:50, which should be about 1h20mins in.

Trevor Avery Su Collins

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p067jyk7

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There is a button count currently taking place in Radlett as this picture is posted of buttons waiting to be collected for anther button count due to take place at St Albans this week.

Buttons collected and counted by members of St Albans Massorti Synagogue.

Many thanks to Bennetts Car Parts Tools and Accessories for providing warehouse space for B's Buttons.

Buttons being moved into Bennetts warehouse for shortage before their journey to Windermere

We will be on radio cumbria at 7:50 this morning.

Tune in and have a listen to some exciting news from the Lake District Holocaust Project in Windermere, and also see how the button project is getting on..!

I am looking for someone to create us a website for the project. Suggestions welcome!

We will be ceasing our collections at the end of June, to allow for counting, totaling and moving forward with the project to create a permanent memorial.

If you still have buttons to send, please do so ASAP!
The Lakes School
Troutbeck Bridge
Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 1HW

In case you haven’t seen, we’ve made this months edition of the Lancashire Life magazine. Get your copy to read more!

Thank you to Brigsteer WI for collecting and counting 4000 buttons for us. We look forward to receiving them.

A massive thank you to Asby WI, who collected and counted 17,000 buttons at the weekend for our memorial! Spectacular effort, for which we are very grateful.

Another beautifully written article.
http://www.masorti.org.uk/newsblog/newsblog/news-single/article/bs-buttons.html #.WuwW4Igvy1u

B's Buttons Buttons. They come in every size, every colour, and nearly every shape. Some have two holes for thread, some one, some four. Some are destined to adorn heavy winter coats, while others serve the far more mundane mission of keeping shirts together and trousers neatly sealed. Buttons have also become....

Great effort from the Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue on Sunday, over a hundred people attended and counted a huge amount of buttons.

Bear with us whilst we collate our totals.!!

Saturday’s Lakes School count total was 132,000.

Thank you so much to everyone who came to lend a hand on such a nice sunny day.

***Urgent help needed!!!***

Someone strong to lift boxes of buttons in north London/Hertfordshire area either with or without a large vehicle...

It needs to be in the next few days.

A van is booked for 9.30am this morning, but the man power has had to cancel, and we have a lot of buttons in someone’s way, following a counting day, which need moving ASAP.

Thanks in advance!!!