Around Bishop’s Waltham in the Second World War
Plan a family detective trail this summer holiday to commemorate VJ-Day 2020
Discover Bishop’s Waltham’s forgotten World War 2 secrets.
£5.00
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Since 2012, Bishop’s Waltham Museum Trust’s oral history team have recorded the everyday stories of older people who remember growing up in this area during wartime.
Our full-colour booklet recalls the local history of World War 2 in a readable form, suitable for Year 5s to adults. Local memories are accompanied by up-to-date photos and a map locating sites of our hidden history, to find again in 2020.
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