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#ForgottenFriday: Share a Story Month
2nd Apr 2021
This week’s #ForgottenFriday sees the launch of our ‘Share a Story’ month, where we bring to life some of the personal accounts we have here at Eden Camp! We will sharing written letters, photos, and stories through in different ways across our media.
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#ForgottenFriday: We’re on a Mission!
26th Mar 2021
During WW2, those captured as prisoners of war by the Allies were able to communicate with loved ones by the prisoner camp’s mail. This is a fine example of a German POW from our sister camp no. 172, the Dog & Duck in Norton-in-Malton from 76 years ago today.
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#ForgottenFriday – POW Monopoly Game
12th Mar 2021
In December 1939, three months after the start of World War Two, MI9, the branch of the secret service responsible for escape and evasion, was set up. It was the duty of all British servicemen captured by the enemy to escape if possible. It was Christopher Clayton Hutton, an MI9 intelligence officer, that came up with the Waddington project.
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#ForgottenFriday: LGBTQ+ History Month Special: Christine Jorgensen
19th Feb 2021
Christine was born George William Jorgensen on May 30, 1926 in New York City. As a child, Jorgensen felt very different from other little boys and remained secluded and shy.
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#ForgottenFriday: LGBTQ+ History Month Special – Phillis Arby
12th Feb 2021
Today’s #ForgottenFriday focuses on a woman named Phillis Arby – Lady of the US WAAC during World War Two.
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