Photos from the 1930s to 50s by Edith Tudor-Hart and her brother Wolfgang Suschitzky are on free display in the Spotlight Gallery at Tate Britain until 17th Nov 2019. It’s a big square room, and
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Tag: WW2
Take a Daytrip from London – Bletchley Park
During WW2 German Enigma, then Lorenz messages were being decoded 50 miles north of London at Bletchley Park. You can visit the site to see how the Bombe machines, and the later Colossus computers cracked
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Norma’s Story
War had been declared and within months arrangements were being made for all London and Outer London children to be evacuated to the country where they would be safe from the bombing which was expected
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Jackie’s Dad the Fireman
Jackie Harris’s father was in the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) stationed at Bow during the war. She recalls some of the stories he told her about working in the service during that time.
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