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125 - The Enduring Icon
The InterCity 125s were introduced into passenger service from 1976 and instantly revolutionised rail travel. As the world’s fastest diesel trains, they heralded significant …
1940s Fashion
Despite – or perhaps because of – the privations of war, the 1940s was one of the greatest decades for fashion in Britain. The designs and fashions of the 1930s would linger on …
1941 The Second World War at Sea in Photographs
At the beginning of 1941, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. The Battle of the Atlantic was in full swing. Hitler’s U-boats were operating in packs, descending on …
1960s Childhood
Sixties children grew up in a more permissive and commercial age. They enjoyed a childhood in which new vaccines gave children protection from life threatening diseases while the …
50 Bronze Age Finds
British Bronze Age artefacts made from copper, bronze, gold, flint, jet and shale are renowned throughout Europe for their beauty and exquisite craftsmanship. In England and Wales, …
50 Finds from Buckinghamshire
The Portable Antiquities Scheme celebrated its fifteenth anniversary in 2018, and has been operating in Buckinghamshire since 2003 when the scheme went national. Today the scheme …
50 Finds From Kent
Hemmed in by river, downland and sea, the archaeology of Kent has always had a reputation for uniqueness. So when the Portable Antiquities Scheme, an initiative to record objects …
50 Finds from Orkney
It is said of Orkney that if you scratch the surface, it bleeds archaeology.Orkney is a county just off the north of Scotland comprising of almost seventy islands with a long and …
50 Finds from Oxfordshire
Every year the general public find thousands of ancient objects and coins, many of which are recorded with the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). Since coming to …
50 Finds from Warwickshire
Since 1997, the Portable Antiquities Scheme has identified and recorded over 27,500 archaeological finds from Warwickshire. These finds include stone implements, metalwork, pottery …
50 Finds From Wiltshire
Every year around 5,000 archaeological objects from Wiltshire are recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme. These finds are made by members of the public and each object on the …
50 Finds from Worcestershire
The landscape of Worcestershire has been an attractive place for people to settle for thousands of years; the natural resources have been utilised such as the salt at Droitwich and …