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Winston Churchill's War Rooms, London
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In 1940 Winston Churchill became prime minister of Great Britain after Neville Chamberlain stepped down.
Although Churchill was out of touch with the general public, his inspiring speeches and his background in military affairs made him the perfect candidate for a war time leader.
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The war bunker was built in 1938 and became operational in 1939, and it was here that Churchill spent a lot of his time. Learning about the outcomes of the war from battles won and lost, how many lives were lost during air raids, and what Hitler planned on doing next.
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In 1945 when the war came to an end, the bunker was sealed off, preserving everything as it was like a large time capsule. Including RAF Wing Commander John Heagerty's sugar cubes.
In the late 1970s the war bunker became part of the imperial war museum's collection/sites.
The bunker was then reopened to the public in 1984 and in 2005 they added the Churchill museum, where you can learn all about his life and his time as war prime minister.
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Anhalter Bahnhof
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Constructed in 1841 - 1959
This train station was built on the outskirts of Berlin, and was regarded as Berlin's "Gateway to the South".
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It was the start and end point for the Berlin-Anhalt railway company.
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After the second world war and Berlin became a divided city, the station became less important and was ultimately closed on 18th May 1959. Although the building had protection status since the 1930s the station was demolished in 1959, except for the portico which was preserved and later refurbished between 2003 and 2005.
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The remains of this station not only tell its history when it was functioning, but also tells the story of people who want to both destroy history and those who want to preserve it.

Video about the Anhalter Bahnhof
youtube.com/shorts/edWIKQ8EZH...


#berlin #anhalterbahnhof #railway #history

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Air raid shelters
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In 1939 - 1945 Britain went to war against Germany
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One of the many things the government put in place to protect its people were air raid shelters. (Though it came at a cost, and of course class systems were put in place.)
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People were given options depending on their living situation and location. You had Anderson shelters which you placed in your garden partly submerged into the ground (picture 1), Morrison shelters which were metal boxes that you had inside your home, and would simply craw into once the sirens went off (picture 2) there were public shelters both above ground, which people didn't like nor did they feel safe inside them, and submerged public shelters (pictures 3&4) there was of course various military shelters that are still scattered around the country, with some now been turned into museums.
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In 1940 - 1941 London was heavily bombarded by German bomber planes, which devastated the city, but during the nightly raids on the city civilians flocked to any form of shelter they could find, with the most obvious choice being, the London Underground.
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At first the government forbade anyone using the underground as a shelter in order to keep trains running, and pointing instead to the newly built above ground shelters. So people bought tickets to use the "trains", still the government tried to crack down on people using the underground as a shelter, in the end the survival instinct of the civilian out weighted the governments objections, and now you cannot think of the blitz without thinking of people using the underground to shelter in. (Picture 5)
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Video on air raids
https://youtu.be/51vLLMMw3lc?si=la3cR...

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During the Victorian era it was common practice to keep the hair of your loved ones who had died, and this was no different for the Brontës.
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At the Brontë parsonage museum, they have a vast collection of Brontë objects and memorabilia, which also includes samples of their hair.
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1. A sample of Charlotte Brontës hair
2. Emily Brontës hair, that has been plaited and made into a necklace
3. Anne Brontës hair contained in a Brooch belonging to Charlotte
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Out of the Brontë children, Charlotte was the last to die, dying at the age of 38 on the 31st March 1855.
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But as she saw each of her siblings disappear before her, she of course kept personal items and locks of her siblings hair, when it was her turn to go, Patrick did the same thing and kept a sample of Charlotte's hair.


Video on the Brontës and Death
https://youtu.be/sEw8dkWPWQw?si=GrX8X...

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Nesus museum, Berlin
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This week I was in Berlin, and these are some of the artifacts I saw while visiting the Nesus museum that caught my interest 🙂
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1. Oil Lamp with crescent moon, stars and planets depicted on it - Roman
2. Bronze Greek Corinthian helmet 7th - 4th century BCE
3. Bronze decorative discs
4. Medieval brick with handprint 13th - 14th century
5. War-soap made from clay and sand
6. "Berlin Gold Hat" - Bronze Age
7. Bust of Akhenaten, 18th Dynasty
8. Bust of Nefertiti (wife of Akhenaten)
9. "Crown of Kerch" belonged to a noble woman, 4th century AD
10. Rare coin of Charlemagne 700 - 800AD
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2025 marks 250 years since Jane Austen was born 16th December 1775
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Over this last year, there has been various different events and exhibitions centered around Jane's life and her achievements.
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I was fortunate to get to see some of the different exhibitions, and see some of Jane's belongings that still survive to this day. 🙂
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1. Is a facial reconstruction of Jane (Jane Austen Center, Bath)
2. Jane's cottage, Chawton, where she lived from 1809 - 1817
3. Jane's writing table
4. A lock of Jane's hair
5. Jane's pelisse
6. Original incomplete manuscript of Sanditon
7. House in Winchester where Jane died
8. Winchester Cathedral
9. Jane's tombstone in Winchester Cathedral
10. Statue of Jane, Chawton (St. Nicholas Church)
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Video
youtube.com/shorts/VfAe0kMUlE...
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#regency #georgian #sanditon

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Being on a trip out to my local museums one being Oakwell Hall
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It is a 16th century manor house, that has connections to the English Civil War and Yorkshire writer Charlotte Brontë
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Statue of blind WW1 soldiers at the entrance to Piccadilly station Manchester
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This statue is based off the 1919 painting "Gassed" by John Singer Sargent. The painting, which is part of the IWM's collection depicts the medical aftermath of a mustard gas attack on the western front in August 1918.
It shows a line of soldiers with their eyes bandaged being lead away, each man with his hand on the shoulder of the one in front.
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The statue which was erected in 2018 marking 100 years since the end of WW1, is called "Victory over Blindness" and was made by Johanna Domke-Guyot, the statue was commissioned by Blind Veterans Uk to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, with a speech saying "as we, quite rightly, remember all those who never returned, it is also important to remember those who did, changed by their experience."
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#arthistory #WW1 #IWM #militaryhistory

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Anyone else watched or is watching this show about the Mitford sisters?
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Me and Rosie from www.instagram.com/historywithrosie?igsh=MXRmZXc5bG…
Recorded a podcast episode together, where we spoke about the Mitford sisters 🙂

https://youtu.be/oe9iB9L_s9U?si=5Re7d...

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Today is the 11th day of the 11th month marking armistice day, a day when soldiers from the first world war put down their weapons after 4 years, 3 months and 14 days of fighting.
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Least we forget

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