The Iron Age the end of prehistory

May 11 1pm to 2.30pm

The Iron Age lasted from 800 BC to the Roman invasion. The use of iron changed the life of folk with other advances like the

potter’s wheel, the lathe for woodworking, and the rotary quern for grinding grain. The population grew substantially till it exceeded one million, due to the introduction of improved varieties of barley

and wheat, and increased farming of peas, beans, flax, and other crops. Farming

improved because the iron tipped ploughshare made it possible to plough heavy clay soils. Meet some Iron Age

folk and discover what it was like to live in a roundhouse.

£5 per child. Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey,

KT17 1UF Tel 020 8394 1734. Email dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk

D-Day

Saturday 8  June

   1pm to 2.30pm

Midnight had not long struck when the British and American airborne armada began its mission in the moonlight on 6 June 1944. They landed at the edges of the five invasion areas on the Normandy coast to secure the western and eastern flanks of the beachheads and protect them from German attacks. Failure would have given Hitler the opportunity to initiate an eleventh-hour attempt to save Germany and launch his new V-weapons against British cities. Success meant the beginning of the end of WW2 and one of the most important days in recent history. We meet an army doctor who will describe what happened, the problems he faced as part of the invasion, and the medical equipment he had to treat the wounded.

Cost £6 per child. Contact: David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 1UF.

Tel 020 8394 1734. Email dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk