2nd Tales: Bringing War Time experience to life

War time experience’s is a new demonstration designed for schools in particular, but would be equally suitable for all types of audience both young and old alike. These workshops’ concentrate on the wartime memories and experiences of ‘Life on the front’ and the role of ‘Military Nurses’ in particular. Each one of the workshops concentrates on specific points in the experiences of women at war, equipped with many original artefacts and inherited heirlooms together with excellent replica equipment.

One session may involve exploring the ‘medical field bag’ of the nurse, examine the original equipment used and discuss how she helped and saved many soldiers’. In the HOME FRONT workshop, children can look at how ration books and coupons were issued and used, with participants’ trying on individual items of military uniform or a gas mask, and learn what a vital service people performed for the Second World War. Our cooks could teach you a war time recipe using rationed food or maybe the evacuee day would inspire the audience, with participants learning how children were led to safety in the countryside, what they took and how they were lived. Riffle through a small boy’s suitcase and look at his toys and clothes together with his memories of his evacuation.

For the heritage display, we can erect the FDS (Field Dressing Station) to demonstrate how the casualties were cared for, fresh from the front line before being dispatched to the Field Hospital. Look at and handle original military hospital equipment and learn what vital role nurses played in the D-Day operations. Alternatively for a larger display, the NAAFI could come and serve war time food and lashings of tea to the public, and discuss what living in war time Britain was really like with the food shortages, see the rations, try on gas masks and much more.

In Association with Circle of Friends WW2 Living History Group for Larger Demonstrations of the NAAFI/Emergency Shelter. For further information, booking and costs contact us on 023 92631008 or email cathy.flowerbond@talktalk.net