http://www.lowewood.com Your guide to local history, news and events in East Hertfordshire Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:34:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.lowewood.com/learning/worldwar2/winston-churchill-speeches-from-ww2 http://www.lowewood.com/learning/worldwar2/winston-churchill-speeches-from-ww2#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:24:08 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=2200 May 13, 1940 First Speech as Prime Minister to the House of Commons Listen - 1.8 Megs Excerpt: “On Friday evening last I received His Majesty’s commission to form a new Administration. It as the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/learning/worldwar2/winston-churchill-speeches-from-ww2/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/learning/world-war-2 http://www.lowewood.com/learning/world-war-2#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:43:13 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=2175 Click on the images below and discover the history behind these fascinating World War II artefacts…                             Who was Hitler? Adolf Hitler was born in a little Austrian town close to Germany on the 20th of April 1889. He fought for Germany during World War I and won many medals for his bravery. But Hitler became very angry [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/learning/world-war-2/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/learning/gas-mask http://www.lowewood.com/learning/gas-mask#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:39:12 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=2010 What is a gas mask? A gas mask is a mask which is placed over the face to stop the user from breathing in dangerous gasses which may harm them. Why were they used during WW II? During World War I (1914-1918) many soldiers had been badly injured, or killed, when their enemies threw bombs at them which [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/learning/gas-mask/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cheshunt-at-war http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cheshunt-at-war#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:10:13 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=131 Cheshunt at War tells the story of the war years as they affected a small town in Hertfordshire 14 miles north of London. It recounts the privations and the dangers, the hard work and the leisure, the tragedies and joys of life between 1939 and 1945. The author, Peter Rooke, draws on his own memories and on [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/cheshunt/cheshunt-at-war/feed 1