In conjunction with Egham Museum’s ‘Women: Wives, Workers & War’ exhibition running from November 2018 – June 2019, Museum volunteer and researcher Geoff Meddelton explores some of the exhibition’s themes in more depth. It has become a consensus view that the First World War was a significant turning point in Read more…
The National Egg Collection for Wounded Soldiers began in November 1914, after proposals by the editor of the magazine Poultry World, Frederick Carl. At first, the scheme had a target of sending 20,000 freshly-laid eggs per week to a hospital in Boulogne, and wanted to later achieve 200,000 eggs per Read more…
Prior to the outbreak of World War One, posters were a commercial luxury, with approximately £125 million being spent annually on advertising in Great Britain to influence people’s buying habits.[1] However, when the Great War was declared, the poster tripled in its importance and became a national necessity.[2] More so Read more…