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PRISON MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD
The more gruesome side of social history has always appealed to the darker side of people's curiosity and in recent years, prison museums...
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THE MOSQUITO, A VETERAN'S STORY: DES CURTIS
(This article was originally published in the magazine for CAF - the Commemorative Air Force, based in Dallas Texas, who I wrote it for...
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THE GLOUCESTER HISTORY FESTIVAL
The Gloucester History Spring Festival is nearly upon us, and we have been very lucky for BBC journalist Vernon Harwood to write a piece...
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VISITING THE CHURCHILL WAR ROOMS, LONDON
A vast network of rooms and passageways underneath the streets of Westminster in London allowed Britain’s war cabinet to plan strategies...
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A FREE DAY IN CHRISTCHURCH, DORSET
Christchurch is a small historic town on the south coast, once an important trading port and famed for its smugglers of the 18th and 19th...
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THE CHALKE VALLEY HISTORY FESTIVAL 2023
So the final day of the festival is upon us, the tents are being dismantled, swords and lances packed away, the tanks are rumbling off...
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CELEBRATING THE CELTIC FESTIVAL OF IMBOLC AT BUTSER ANCIENT FARM
Butser Ancient Farm, on the Hampshire/Sussex border, is in a beautiful green valley filled with historic buildings. These have been...
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HISTORICAL DAY TRIP TO DUNKIRK
May 2020 was the 80 years anniversary since troops of the British Expeditionary Force were evacuated from Dunkirk, fleeing from the...
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DUNKIRK - A VETERAN'S ACCOUNT
John Hamilton was one of the speakers at the 2019 Chalke Valley History Festival and astonishingly, it was his debut as a public speaker....
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