STEP back in time and discover what Bromsgrove was like on the home front during the Second World War.
The Bromsgrove Society will be holding a free event on Saturday, November 15, to mark 80 years since the end of the conflict against Nazi Germany.
It will take place between 10am and 4pm at the Methodist Church Centre on Stratford Road and will feature fascinating insights and displays on what life was like in and around Bromsgrove between 1939 and 1945.
The Bromsgrove Society’s illustrated displays will include the results of research by Vice-Chairman Pat Tansell, who has organised the event.
Visitors to the free event will be able to read and hear extracts from audio recordings made twenty years ago for the ‘Bromsgrove’s War’ project.
Items of memorabilia collected by a local couple will be exhibited along with ‘Dig for Victory’ and ‘Make Do and Mend’ displays created by Bromsgrove Society volunteers.
All Saints Church will be providing information from their archive about how the war affected members and residents of the parish at home and overseas.
The Lemon Tree Café will be making a Woolton Pie using an authentic wartime recipe, and it will be on show next to information about rationing and wartime cookery.
And the Methodist Centre’s Coffee Bar will be open for refreshments during the morning.
Bromsgrove Society Chair, Jo Slade, said: “I am enormously grateful to all the individuals and organisations who are contributing to this Home Front remembrance event.
“It is so important that we keep alive the stories of the past, and remember how life was for the residents of our town during the war. Pat has worked tirelessly to bring everyone together, and I hope many people attend.”
Age UK North Worcestershire will also be gathering memories from people who remember the War and what life was like in Bromsgrove during that time.
To share copies of written memories, documents, or pictures, please drop them off at the Age UK Shop, 140 High Street, in a sealed envelope marked ‘Home Front event’.
Memories can also be shared on the day or by emailing [email protected] to message Pat Tansell in advance.
