As the Spanish Civil War proceeded on the Northern front (from 1937 onwards), the Spanish Republican authorities arranged the evacuation of children.  Just under 4,000 children arrived at the Southampton Docks on 23 May 1937 on…

During the Crimean War (1854–1856), news of dreadful conditions in military hospitals in the Crimea caused political concern in England, and contributed to the fall of the government in 1855 due to “Mismanagement of the…

Hampshire has one of the best-dated stock of timber-framed houses in the country. These delightful buildings are one of the most readily recognisable relics of the county’s past and are…