Second screening for Nellie Spindler movie

A second screening of the film about Wakefield's war heroine, Nellie Spindler, will take place next week in the city.

Nellie served as a nurse on the front line in Belgium during World War I and was killed when a German shell hit her tent in 1917.

The drama about Wakefield nurse Nellie Spindlerplaceholder image
The drama about Wakefield nurse Nellie Spindler

Raised on Stanley Road, she is the only woman to be buried among 10,000 men at a Belgium war cemetery with full military honours.

The 20-minute drama, made this year by Just Druid Productions, will be shown at Wakefield’s Mechanics’ Theatre, on Wood Street on November 8 at 7.30pm and tickets are £5.

The film premiered during the summer at Wakefield’s Theatre Royal and was attended by over 200 people.

To book a ticket visit www.wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk

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