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Home > Heritage > Time Travellers Go… WWII at Audley End House & Gardens

Time Travellers Go… WWII at Audley End House & Gardens

By Caroline King - August 14, 2011Posted in : Heritage

English Heritage, Time Travellers Go… WWII at Audley End House & Gardens When: 17th – 21st August 2011, 11am – 5pm

Where: Audley End House and Gardens, Essex

£: Adults 12.50, concessions 11.30, children 7.50, family ticket 32.50 and English Heritage members go free.  All children are welcome to join in the Time Travellers Go… events.  An additional £1 will be charged on standard admission for every child, member and non member, to help fund this entertainment activity.

What is it?

Air raids, rationing, evacuation – how would you have fared during WWII?  Find out what life was really like during the 1940s and learn about Audley’s role during the war.  Then take part in an obstacle course and children’s drill and even make your own gas mask box to take with you on your evacuation to the country!

More info: English Heritage

Tagged With: Audley End House, East, English Heritage, Essex events, Time Travellers Go, WWII event

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