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WW1 Medal Stories

Six of our First World War Guardians and the medals they received

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Minesweeping During the First World War

How trawlermen of the Humber supported the Mine Clearance Service

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Life in WW1 Country House Hospitals

Temporary wartime hospitals created during 1914-1918

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WW1 Mobile Dental Surgery

Providing dental treatment to soldiers fighting in France

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WW1 Soldier Frederick Peil saved by his bible

German bullet lodged in the bible of a Cumbrian soldier from Ireby

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WW1 Postcards From the Front

Silk postcards sent home by First World War soldiers

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WW1 Food Shortages and Rationing

The Women's Land Army - feeding the Home Front!

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Blind Veterans of the First World War

How a new charity was founded in WW1 to help blinded ex-servicemen

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Why and how ancient Egyptians preserved their bodies for eternity

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KS2 resource on how the Ancient Greeks lived using real artefacts

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Explore different types of rock and how the rock cycle works

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Coal Mining and the Victorians

The stories of child workers who laboured underground

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Women at War: The Role of Women During WW2

Overview of women's war-work, illustrated by East Midlands archives

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Minibeasts

Find out about the lives of invertebrates and design a Super Bug!

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Family Life in the 1950s

What life was like for families and children in the 1950s

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William Wilberforce

Find out about Hull's most famous son

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Prison and Penal Reform in the 1800s

Looking at people like Elizabeth Fry who changed conditions in prison

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Lead mining, a major industry in the Northern Pennines 1650 to 1900

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