Dig For Victory Photo Gallery
At Home Food From Your Own Space Read More Dig For Victory – The Vegetable Garden Displayed – THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1942 From the Minister of Food, The Rt. Hon. Lord Woolton. “This is a food war. Every extra amount of vegetables in allotments saves shipping. If we grow more potatoes we need not […]
Submarine shells Whitehaven West Cumbria
Submarine shells Whitehaven Cumberland (West Cumbria) 1915 The Latest in Germ-Hun frightfulness” Newspaper reports:“A German submarine fired several shells at Parton Harrington and Whitehaven on 16th August 1915 but no material damage was caused. A few shells hit the railway embankment north of Parton, but the train service was only slightly delayed. Fires were caused […]
Whitehaven lady born 1939 remembers ww1 German submarine shells Lowca Parton
Whitehaven lady born 1939 remembers ww1 German submarine shells Lowca Parton https://youtu.be/ZUZfXQ0jzPM This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing […]
Lorton lady ww2 driver husband POW drama farmer quotas
Lorton lady ww2 driver husband POW drama farmer quotas https://youtu.be/dIoaVkkV1Bk This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary […]
Keswick Royal Legion Poppy munitions bowling
Keswick Royal Legion Poppy munitions bowling https://youtu.be/0X3m5xac-BY This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary of the video […]
Distington lady swim sea husband war POW TB lung out mine
Distington lady swim sea husband war POW TB lung out mine https://youtu.be/82pmvfrwGtU This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing […]
Distington lady Frankie Vaughan evacuation children rations street party
Distington lady Frankie Vaughan evacuation children rations street party https://youtu.be/vaj-I15UMCc This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary […]
Distington lady school makes cover for war book for soldiers
Distington lady school makes cover for war book for soldiers https://youtu.be/jAvL7kwmuVQ This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a […]
Alston lady school sausages evacuees parlour
Alston lady school sausages evacuees parlour https://youtu.be/nPZ0kloaiqs This oral history was recorded for the Voices of Cumbria Millennium Project in 2000 commissioned by Cumbria Archives and was illustrated by Peter Nicholson using various images from various collections in Cumbria, permitted for educational use. Please help this community project by typing a summary of the video […]
Soldiers describe D Day Arnhem Africa Italy three oral history videos
Soldiers describe D Day Arnhem Africa Italy three oral history videos First soldier: Home Guard practice at Levens Garth Westmorland and this oral history is of a lad who threw clods of earth to and from the Home Guard. Tank traps against Tiger tanks! Bayonet danger – on the bus. Target practice, oops a pig, […]