by edencamp | Aug 13, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
This #ForgottenFriday coincides with Friday 13th – unlucky for some! Today we are reminiscing on the events of Friday 13th during World War Two. Friday 13th is a day that shivers down many people’s spines and is well known for its chaos and change in luck. Even...
by edencamp | Aug 6, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
We’re looking into the importance of beer this week for #ForgottenFriday, and the impact it had on society’s morale throughout WW2! One of the less-studied aspects of the Second World War is the production and consumption of alcohol during the war. Unlike...
by edencamp | Jul 30, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
This week’s #Forgotten Friday is all about recycling and reusing during the war; something that we at Eden Camp are carrying on through our green policy. Everything and anything had a purpose during the war. As raw materials were scarce, the “Make do and Mend” ethos...
by edencamp | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
In today’s #ForgottenFriday we are focusing on Arts and Crafts and in addition to this, we have some fantastic exhibits on site here at Eden Camp created by Prisoners of War. Many of the German and Italian Prisoners of War used Arts and Crafts such as painting and...
by edencamp | Jul 9, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
Today is the 80th Anniversary of the breaking of the Enigma Code on the Eastern Front. On July 9, 1941, crackerjack British cryptologists break the secret code used by the German army to direct ground-to-air operations on the Eastern Front. British and Polish experts...
by edencamp | Jul 2, 2021 | Blog, Forgotten Friday
There was a forgotten Home Army in Britain during the war, but they wore no uniform and received no medals: the Housewives of the Home Front. Today things have changed very drastically, we have electronic equipment to assist in washing, drying and general household...
