Flintham Museum at Rufford Abbey on Wednesday 11 July

The County Council, supported by the Nottinghamshire Heritage Forum, staged a Great War Heritage Day at Rufford Abbey on 11 July 2018. Lots of museums and heritage sites took part and there was plenty to see and do. Flintham looked at the difficulties in feeding a family in 1918 when there was a shortage of food. We invited children to take on the role of a 'character' and fill in a quiz sheet which listed different typesof foods. They had to decide what they would have been able to eat every day, once a week, or not at all as the person they had chosen. Our stand was decorated with contemporary advertising and propaganda posters.