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Forgotten Friday – Gas Masks

#ForgottenFriday – Gas Masks Gas played a major role in WWI, meaning that in 1939 a lot of men carried the horrible memories of the horrors of a gas attack in which they suffered not many years prior. Some were even blinded by gas such as mustard or chlorine gas....
#ForgottenFriday – The Blackout

#ForgottenFriday – The Blackout

War was always dark and scary… literally The first real effect of the Second World War for most British civilians was the Blackout. The Blackout was introduced on 1st September 1939, two days before war was declared. In the early days, even lighting a match in...
#ForgottenFriday – Life as a POW at Eden Camp

#ForgottenFriday – Life as a POW at Eden Camp

Today’s #ForgottenFriday takes us back in time to life at Eden Camp before it was a museum. The general feeling of those who remember life at Eden Camp during the Second World War is that, considering its nature, it was a very happy place. Indeed, the prisoners...