THE Glamorgan Wartime Heritage Centre, Barry Island Station, will be open on Wednesday, February 25 from 2pm until 4pm. Go along and have a chat or show them any artefacts you might have and help the museum prepare to mark VE 70 in May.
After successful visits from St Joseph’s Primary School, Penarth and Barry Sea Scouts, the museum would like to invite other schools to arrange for their Year Six children to visit.
Children arriving as “evacuees” on the train with their own gas masks and boxes is a great way to began their trip back to the 1940s.
Then on Thursday, February 26, there will be three, 20 minute talks from 7.30pm. Rosemary Chaloner, Alun Salisbury (both from Cardiff) and Alun Robertson, Barry, will give Great War Talks and will be available for questions.
Rosemary will be exploring how wars affect women. How World War One changed the structure of society where women were no longer confined to the home. They donned the trousers and became acceptable in a previously male dominated workplace.
You’ll find out what Alun Salisbury and Alun Robertson are talking about on the night.
The museum will be open from 6.30pm.
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