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#ForgottenFriday – Halloween Special!

#ForgottenFriday – Halloween Special!

This week we’re going spooky for #ForgottenFriday! Ghost Planes Many people saw ghost planes during and after the war. Fighter aircraft would appear and disappear without a trace. One such sighting occurred a year after the attack on Pearl Harbour. When the...
#ForgottenFriday – Black History during the WW1

#ForgottenFriday – Black History during the WW1

In today’s Forgotten Friday we are celebrating Black History Month! We are looking into the life of Walter Tull and the sacrifice of the British West Indies Regiment during the First World War. Walter Tull Walter Tull became the most celebrated Black British...
#Forgotten Friday: Faces from the Archive

#Forgotten Friday: Faces from the Archive

This week we are introducing a new series “Faces from the Archive” with help from our Archive Assistant Ellie! The first face is Private Thomas Clifford Packer, a non-combatant soldier from Hull who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps (R.A.M.C.), 184...
Temporary Closure Notice

Temporary Closure Notice

Notice of Temporary Closure Due to necessary restoration and construction works, we have made the difficult decision to close the Museum to the public* for the winter period. With the ongoing restoration works across the 80 year old site, as well as the construction...
#ForgottenFriday – Occupied Poland

#ForgottenFriday – Occupied Poland

Today’s #ForgottenFriday takes us back 82 years ago to the day… 8th October 1939 Hitler’s annexation decree: we are looking at what happened in the annexation of Polish areas and Hitler’s aims during the start of the Second World War. Search...