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IWM’s Voices of the First World War Here is the thirty-sixth in a series of podcasts that delve into IWM’s sound collection to bring you the voices of those who lived through the First World War. Find out what a huge range of people felt...

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1318 – Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English. 1693 – Cotton Mather’s four-day-old son dies, and witchcraft is blamed 1748 – Ruins of Pompeii found 1778 – New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates “$” symbol 1789 – In...

On Armistice Sunday, we remember the eighty-three soldiers whose names are commemorated upon the war memorial in the churchyard at Christ Church. For months, Vicky Stewart has been researching the lives of these men, uncovering biographical material...