by Summer Obrien | Sep 7, 2023 | Blog
Forgotten Friday – Private Thomas Highgate Private Thomas James Highgate was born on 13th May 1895 he was a British soldier during the First World War. Thomas was the first British soldier to be convicted of desertion and was executed by a firing squad on the... by Summer Obrien | Aug 30, 2023 | Blog
Forgotten Friday – 1st September 1939 This forgotten Friday we are delving into the start of the Second World War – The war began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on 1st September 1939 and raged across the whole globe until 1945. Germany invaded Poland to... by Summer Obrien | Aug 3, 2023 | Blog
Forgotten Friday – The arrest of Anne Frank. 79 years ago today, on 4 August 1944, Anne Frank and the other people in hiding were discovered and arrested. In this reconstruction, you will learn what we know about this day, when what they had feared for so long finally...
by Summer Obrien | Jul 27, 2023 | Blog
#ForgottenFriday – The Korean War, 70 Years on! 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. World War II divided Korea into a Communist, northern half and an... by Summer Obrien | Jul 19, 2023 | Blog
POWs Pass Go For Free.. Monopoly the game.. 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. One... by Summer Obrien | Jul 6, 2023 | Blog
Forgotten Friday – Chocolate in WW2 #WorldChocolateDay 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...
