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Forgotten Friday – 70 years later.. The Korean War
27th Jul 2023
The Korean War started on 25 June 1950 and ended on 27 July 1953, after the signing of an armistice agreeing that the country would remain divided.
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Forgotten Friday – POWs Pass Go For Free….
19th Jul 2023
In America in the early 1900s, Lizzie Magie created a game called The Landlord’s Game to teach people about land ownership and the risks that came with it. The game was self-published and only a few people bought it.
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Forgotten Friday – Silk Embroidered Postcards
8th Jul 2023
During World War One, a popular souvenir amongst British soldiers was the embroidered silk postcard. As they were quite an expensive souvenir, a lot of postcards were unwritten and unmarked and sent home with accompanying letters to loved ones.
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Forgotten Friday – World Chocolate Day!
6th Jul 2023
Chocolate played a small but important part in the Allied Victory in WWII, this including the D-Day Landings. Britain became a carrier for almost 3 million American troops who passed through our country on their way to war. These GIs had a profound cultural influence on Britain and brought chocolate and Coca-Cola in an amazing abundance. For the British population, who suffered heavy rationing on even basic foods like cream, eggs, and even potatoes – this plentiful new supply of chocolate must have felt surreal! Majority of people never even tasted chocolate in the war!
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Forgotten Friday – The Kidnap of Henrich Kreipe
1st Jun 2023
During the German/Italian occupation of the Greek island of Crete an audacious plan was hatched to kidnap a German general. This was to be carried out by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and local resistance members. This is a little known story that would be seen as a propaganda coup for allied forces but there were reprisals to the civilian population in the aftermath which would question the overall success of the mission.
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