Keswick Museum, located in the heart of the beautiful Lake District, showcases the area’s rich heritage and history with exhibitions on life, industry, natural sciences and art.
Talk – Women on the Home Front: The Work of the WVS during the 2nd World War, by Becks Skinner. When we think of Women of the Home Front, we think of the propaganda pictures of the Land Army or Munitions Workers; the matronly looking women of the WVS tend to be forgotten. The WVS came into existence to fill in the gaps on the home front, creating a very wide remit. This talk tells their story, how they came into existence and some of their varied roles from running canteens to forming ‘shopping squads’ to rowing library books into the Solent! Wednesday 7th May 1pm, free, booking essential via website https://keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/
Display – One of the museum’s volunteers, Pamela Herbert, has created a display that shows items associated with rationing, public safety, returning soldiers, and remembers service personnel who died during the war. It will be on show from Monday 28th April until Sunday 11th May.
