Heritage Open Day: Discover what life was like in the Great War and how it changed our lives forever.
Find out about boy soldiers Albert French of Wolverton and Harold Kitchener of Loughton. Details of our monthly talks by guest speakers. Tips on tracing WW1 ancestors See what life was like in the trenches in WW1 and the worst, and best, aspects of living in one. Learn about the devastating effects of poison gas and “The Attack of the Deadâ€. Listen to songs from the era. Find out about WW1 Artists, Poets, Composers and Writers, Local Boy Soldiers, Women in the War, how Children helped the war effort and the Inventions that came out of the War. See how well you do on our lift-the-flap quizzes! Handle genuine and replica WW1 artefacts.