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Forgotten Friday – National Tea Day!

#NationalTeaDay Forgotten Friday – Keep Calm & Brew Up In this week’s #ForgottenFriday we are delving into a Cuppa’ Tea and learning about how tea was rationed during the war! One example captures how deeply tea drinking was embedded in the fabric of British...

#ForgottenFriday – Total War!

On 13th January 1943, Adolf Hitler declared “Total War” against the Allies. But what is total war? It means that the contenders are ready to make any sacrifice — life or resources — to win the war. But the German Army officially took the stance a little...

#ForgottenFriday – Archive Library Re-Organisation

How important was literature in the Second World War? This winter, Summer and the team have been extremely busy in reorganising the Archive Libraries, to make it more accessible for future research! So today we are looking into literature in the First and Second World...

#ForgottenFriday – ASDIC

ASDIC is said by some to stand for Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee A Cover Up! It was a cover name for highly secret work by the Anti-Submarine Division of the British Admiralty during the First World War that aimed to improve the techniques for...

Best Educational Day Out… AGAIN!

Eden Camp Modern History Museum is proud to announce they have won “Best Educational Day Out 2022” for the SME Northern Enterprise Awards for the second year in a row! The Northern Enterprise Awards celebrates the industriousness and the dedication of the businesses...

#ForgottenFriday – A WW2 Christmas

In today’s #ForgottenFriday we are looking into a World War Two Christmas, and what may have been typical at the time! Imports Britain was at war and supplies were becoming scarce. The ships of the Merchant Navy were under attack from German U-Boats at sea and...