Unexamined Lives

The story of the 20th century as lived by residents in the Derbyshire village of Borrowash

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One Man’s War – Francis Hasse

World War One occasioned the highest number of fatalities in military history, culling an entire generation; sometimes within weeks of arrival at the front.

Back home, photographs of sons, husbands and fathers; never to be wearied by age (or tested by life) shadowed successive generations … until time took its toll:

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Unexamined Lives Video

The Unexamined Lives video, filmed on a lovely summer day in June 2014, explains some of the research work undertaken by the Unexamined Lives project in the village of Borrowash in southern Derbyshire.

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