by Luke Hudman | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, News
Eden Camp Modern History Museum, renowned for its immersive exhibitions, is delighted to announce a spectacular Easter line up of family activities, featuring the popular Living History Weekend and a series of engaging educational workshops. From 25 March to 5 April... by Summer Obrien | Feb 15, 2024 | Forgotten Friday, News
Hidden In Plain Sight By Trish Wade This year is the 80th anniversary of ‘The Great Escape’ when Prisoners of War from Stalag Luft III planned and carried out an audacious escape, tunnelling out of the POW Camp. It was a bold and daring plan which came... by Summer Obrien | Dec 6, 2023 | Forgotten Friday, News
Forgotten Friday – The History of Military Dog Tags. Its Friday! Which means its #ForgottenFriday.. Today we are delving into the history of dog tags! Did you know… The idea of an embalming tag was proven to be the reason dog tags were invented? Read more below... by Summer Obrien | Nov 20, 2023 | Forgotten Friday, News
#ForgottenFriday – Gas Masks Gas played a major role in WWI, meaning that in 1939 a lot of men carried the horrible memories of the horrors of a gas attack in which they suffered not many years prior. Some were even blinded by gas such as mustard or chlorine gas.... by Summer Obrien | Sep 20, 2023 | Blog, Forgotten Friday, News
Forgotten Friday – Beer in Wartime ‘Beer is Best. It makes for contented workers, friendliness and tolerance, as the Government found in the last war. Above all – beer makes for British cheerfulness, which is undefeated.’ This was the slogan for one of... by Summer Obrien | Aug 10, 2023 | Forgotten Friday, News
Forgotten Friday – Battle of Ameins Battle of Amiens, (8th – 11th August, 1918), was a World War One battle that marked the beginning of what came to be known as the “hundred days,” a string of Allied offensive successes on the Western Front that led to the collapse...
