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 | Aug 10, 2023 | 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... 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 | 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 | Sep 12, 2023 | Blog
Forgotten Friday – The First Tank to be used in Warfare The idea of a moving vehicle which could provide the military with firepower and protection was not a brand-new concept. However, during WWI the increasing availability of the internal combustion engine,... by Summer Obrien | Sep 20, 2023 | Blog, 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...
