{"id":30510,"date":"2018-11-27T16:37:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T16:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=30510"},"modified":"2018-11-27T16:37:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T16:37:33","slug":"medal-owners-needed-to-share-stories-for-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/11\/27\/medal-owners-needed-to-share-stories-for-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Medal owners needed to share stories for exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE organiser of a Cardiff exhibition on 100\u00a0medals is appealing for owners to loan their awards\u00a0and share their stories.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nAngela McKenna, 53, is planning the two-week Century of Service exhibition for Insole Court in early 2019.<br \/>\nMrs McKenna, who owns Venn Tailoring on Llandaff Road, Canton, offers a service matching medals to their appropriate ribbons and mounting them to be worn.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30561\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30561 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-ribbons-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-ribbons-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-ribbons-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-ribbons-770x578.jpg 770w, 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1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Some of the ribbons that Angela McKenna has used to mount medals brought into her tailoring shop<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThrough this service, Mrs McKenna has met individuals and their medals and now wants to share their stories.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cThe medal is, if you like, the door to that person, a character, that I would never have met under any other circumstances,\u201d\u00a0said Mrs McKenna.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nAbout 50 customers have promised to loan medals but\u00a0Mrs McKenna says\u00a0the selection is not as wide as she would like.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cI think that\u2019s going to be a challenge, to get\u00a0those more unusual medals, the ones we don\u2019t see as often.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cIf this exhibition is to be a success, we need as wide a range of medals as possible.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nAlongside military awards, Mrs McKenna is keen to include emergency service medals,\u00a0 UN and\u00a0Nato\u00a0medals and special honours such as Military Crosses, .<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nShe would also like to display long service and good conduct medals, and commemorative coronation and jubilee medals.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30555\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30555 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-500x375.jpg 500w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-handbook-e1543329004752.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Some examples of medal ribbons from a handbook that Angela McKenna uses for reference<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMrs McKenna started mounting medals for RAF St Athan in 2005 as part of a tailoring contract and began to offer the service in her shop as well as annual weekends where veterans could get their medals serviced for free.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cI thought, wouldn\u2019t it be nice to present these medals to the public and certainly to schools as an educational project.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cIt might just mean that fewer and fewer medals are found in a drawer only after someone\u2019s gone, which is quite often what happens.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nMrs McKenna wants owners to share their personal story to be displayed with the medal along with a picture of the recipient and a plaque with their name.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30559\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30559 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-300x225.jpg 300w, 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30559 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/medal-frames.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Medals framed alongside a photo of the recipient, similar to Angela McKenna&#8217;s plans for the exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cWhether that\u2019s a personal story or about their service career, or about their family, it really doesn\u2019t matter, but what it needs to be is something that will give the viewer a little glimpse of their personality.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nMrs McKenna is hoping to raise\u00a0\u00a35,000\u00a0for the exhibition\u00a0but has so far received \u00a31,500 in sponsorship from\u00a0The Waterloo Foundation, a charity giving grants to a variety of projects.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nFraming Wales has agreed to provide its services at material cost only and Insole Court is not charging for use of the premises.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nA member of the Insole family, Claude, died in the First World War and was a recipient of the Military Cross, the 1914 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nGray\u00a0Hill, Director of Insole Court, said \u201cInsole Court is delighted to be able to host the Century of Service Exhibition.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cEvery one of the medals displayed tells a story, and we\u2019re looking forward to sharing these as well as telling the Insole family\u2019s own triumphs and tragedies with our visitors.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe exhibition\u2019s dates are to be confirmed, but more information will be available soon at insolecourt.org and on their social media accounts @insolecourt.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anyone who would like to loan a medal should call\u00a0 Angela McKenna at Venn Tailoring on 02920 388 810 or by email at angela@venntailoring.com.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE organiser of a Cardiff exhibition on 100\u00a0medals is appealing for owners to loan their awards\u00a0and share their stories.\u00a0 Angela McKenna, 53, is planning the two-week Century of Service 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Mrs McKenna, who owns Venn Tailoring on Llandaff Road, Canton, offers a service matching medals to their appropriate ribbons and mounting them to be worn.\u00a0 Through this service, Mrs McKenna has met individuals and their medals and now wants to share their stories.\u00a0 \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":30525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2246,166,3],"tags":[6224,69,5769,1424,1183,377,6225,6226,6227,6228,6229],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-30510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canton-where-you-live","category-llandaff-city","category-news","tag-armed-services","tag-canton","tag-emergency-services","tag-exhibition","tag-insole-court","tag-llandaff","tag-medals","tag-service-medals","tag-tailor","tag-tailor-shop","tag-tailoring"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Medal owners needed to share stories for exhibition - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/11\/27\/medal-owners-needed-to-share-stories-for-exhibition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medal owners needed to share stories for exhibition - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE organiser of a Cardiff exhibition on 100\u00a0medals is appealing for owners to loan their awards\u00a0and share their stories.\u00a0 Angela McKenna, 53, is planning the two-week Century of Service exhibition for Insole Court in early 2019. 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