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In 1914 the War came to the Home Front and women were
part of a new Front Line. This new tour in London shines
a light on the many and varied experiences of the Women
of the Great War with a visit to the Hospital in the Oatfield
exhibition at the Florence Nightingale Museum until 27
October 2014 or the displays on women in the First World
War galleries at the Imperial War Museum from July 2014
and right through until 2018. Walking is minimal and the
days are available with or without lunch included.
Come and meet our erudite and entertaining tour guide
at the Museum of London Café to buy for morning
refreshments at 10.30am. Until late September 2014
you can see the small collection of Great War photographs
taken by the UK’s first female press photographer
Christina Broom (come after this date and we’ll pick out
another Women and The Great War detail to start the day).
During the morning we are going to take a coach tour
of London to tell the story of how the women of Britain
stepped out of the Edwardian Age as they stepped forward
to do their bit for the war effort. We’ll show you where
they set up hospitals and campaigns to provide Smokes for
Soldiers, you’ll hear all about the activities of the militant
suffragettes, the Order of the White Feather, the VADS,
the FANYs and the WAACs. We’ll trace the silent and
deadly progress of the Zeppelins over the streets of
London and discover the surprisingly common signs of
the Zeppelin bomb damage that survive in the capital city
today. We’ll tell the pioneering story of the Women’s
Police Service who shooed courting couples from the
bushes and chased the good time girls away from the
soldiers at the train stations.
We’ll break for free time for lunch or you can include a
one or two course lunch with coffee if you prefer. In the
afternoon we visit the small but quite memorable
Hospital
in the Oatfield
exhibition at the Florence Nightingale
Museum (from now until 26 October 2014) or the women
and the great war displays in the new First World War
Galleries at the newly refurbished
Imperial War Museum
(from late July 2014 and onwards to 2018!). After time
to buy refreshments you’ll heading home at 4.45pm.
With the Hospital in the Oatfield (until 26/10/14)
Adults & Seniors: £15.50
Including one-course lunch & coffee £25.00
two-course and coffee £29.00
With the Imperial War Museum (from late July 2014)
Adults & Seniors: £11.50
With one-course lunch & coffee £21.00
With two-course lunch and coffee £25.00
New Tour - Women of the Great War
With The Hospital in the Oatfield at the Florence Nightingale Museum or the Imperial War Museum
