by edencamp | Jan 14, 2022 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
In today’s #ForgottenFriday, we are looking into toys and games played by children in World War Two. Toys and games have always reflected the attitudes, humour and imagination of the culture and times that created them. While toys are often viewed as luxury...
by edencamp | Dec 24, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
Today it is hard to imagine, with the conspicuous consumption and commercialisation of a modern Christmas, how families coped during the Second World War. However, despite all these challenges, many families managed to put together a very successful festive...
by edencamp | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
For today’s Forgotten Friday we are delving into history of the First World War! On 16th December 1914, tragedy struck the home town of Scarborough.. The raid on 16th December 1914 was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British ports of Scarborough,...
by edencamp | Dec 10, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
This #ForgottenFriday we’re showing off some fantastic new donations about Eric Bucktin! This week we received a selection of artefacts relating to Mr Eric Bucktin, and his time as a Prisoner of War in WW2. Eric joined the Territorial Army in 1938 and, together...
by edencamp | Dec 3, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
It’s finally alright to play Christmas songs, so we’re celebrating #ForgottenFriday with a traditional Christmas treat! The Princess Mary Gift Fund Box tin was issued to ‘every sailor afloat and every soldier on the front’ in World War One, as a present...
