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Bbc History: History Trails: Wars and Conflict: Home Life During World War Two

9th - 10th
A series of nine RealAudio clips featuring the reminiscences and memories of average British citizens who lived through food rationing, housing issues, women working in the factories and much more. The clip from one man who as a child...
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BBC

Bbc Podcasts: Episode 95: Suffragette Defaced Penny 15 Oct 2010

9th - 10th
A defaced coin from 1903. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the rise of mass political engagement in Britain and the emergence of the suffragettes by examining a penny coin, on which the image of Edward VII has...