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#ForgottenFriday – Attention all Codebreakers!
Today is the 80th Anniversary of the breaking of the Enigma Code on...
#ForgottenFriday – Airing the Sylvan Laundry
There was a forgotten Home Army in Britain during the war, but they...
#ForgottenFriday – Dried Eggs
Although we are spoilt for choice for food today, during the Second...
#ForgottenFriday – CC41
As part of #MuseumWeek2021, today's Forgotten Friday focusses on the...
Nominate us for the Family Friendly Museum Award!
Nominations are now open for the Kids in Museums Family Friendly...
Remembering D-Day: 80 years on
Read a first hand account of the trepidation surrounding the turning point of WW2.
#ForgottenFriday – Ode to our Volunteers!
In today’s Forgotten Friday, in honour of the amazing volunteers we...
#ForgottenFriday – Open for Business!
Today's #ForgottenFriday focuses on when we first opened our doors...
#ForgottenFriday – Nurses in WW2
As part of the large war effort on the Home Front and the Front...
#ForgottenFriday – Baby Boom!
While the War Office kept fathers fighting on the front line, the...
#ForgottenFriday – Guiseppe “Joe” Ciotoli POW
A story of an Italian POW, Mr Guiseppe "Joe" Ciotoli, who was held...
#ForgottenFriday: Share A Story with Peter Hoentsch
As a member of the German Navy, he was captured in 1944 by Canadian...