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Heritage Open Days 2024 livestream: Routes - Networks - Connections

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Jeremy Vine talks about The D-Day Story and D-Day 80

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Scott and Karen Harrington talk about Bernie Jordan 'The Great Escaper' display

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Jeremy Vine talks about his visit to The D Day Story

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Q&A with Normandy veterans at The D-Day Story

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Discover The D-Day Story

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School visits to The D-Day Story

Discover the story of D-Day and the momentous events of 6th June. The museum can host self-led tours or you can book a workshop with our team.
We have a great range of learning resources online that were developed by education specialists to be used in the museum. There’s also a host of interactive elements for pupils to explore - which includes getting on board a real Landing Craft Tank.
For more information, you can visit theddaystory.com/plan-your-visit/schools

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Heritage Open Days 2024 livestream: Routes - Networks - Connections

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Heritage Open Days 2024 livestream: Routes - Networks - Connections

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During this livestream curator Andrew Whitmarsh and marketing assistant Charlotte Harding take a look at newly acquired items in the collection, looking at connections people make and journeys they may have taken. Items include a prisoner of war diary, a sailors hat, a fireguard, a coat with over 100 badges sewn on to it and a letter of thanks.

Jeremy Vine talks about The D-Day Story and D-Day 80

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Jeremy Vine talks about The D-Day Story and D-Day 80

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Jeremy Vine hosted his BBC Radio 2 show at The D-Day Story on D-Day 80. Here he talks about the museum and the people he met.

Scott and Karen Harrington talk about Bernie Jordan 'The Great Escaper' display

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Scott and Karen Harrington talk about Bernie Jordan 'The Great Escaper' display

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The D-Day Story museum has been loaned items relating to Normandy veteran Bernie Jordan, who made his way to France on his own for the 70th D-Day commemorations. He was reported missing by his care home and became known as the great escaper. His story inspired the films The Last Rifleman starring Pierce Bronson and The Great Escaper starring Michael Caine as Bernie and Glenda Jackson as his wif...

Jeremy Vine talks about his visit to The D Day Story

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Jeremy Vine talks about his visit to The D Day Story

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Jeremy Vine hosted his BBC Radio 2 Show at the museum on 6th June 2024. Here he talks about his visit to the museum.

Q&A with Normandy veterans at The D-Day Story

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Q&A with Normandy veterans at The D-Day Story

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Here is the Q&A we filmed with veterans John Dennett and Henry Rice on 3 June 2024. Thank you to the veterans for their time, and to the Spirit of Normandy Trust to bringing the veterans to our museum. Questions came from members of the public online, and serving military personnel in the room. John joined the Royal Navy in 1942 and brought LST 322 (a Landing Ship, Tank) from the US, taking par...

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Discover The D-Day Story

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The D-Day Story is the only UK museum dedicated to telling the events of June 1944. The Normandy landings remain the largest seaborne invasion ever seen, marked a turning point and the beginning of the end of the Second World War. Hear from staff, volunteers and visitors and discover The D-Day Story, Portsmouth.

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Explore The D-Day Story

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The D-Day Story, Portsmouth is the only UK museum dedicated to the momentous events that took place on 6th June 1944. This video gives you a snapshot of what you can expect from your visit.

The D-Day Story introduces new family audio tour

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The D-Day Story introduces new family audio tour

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New for 2024 we have introduced a family audio tour to engage with younger visitors. It provides an insight on the momentous events of 6th June 1944 and the objects held in our collection. Perfect for adults, children and teenagers.

Livestream for Heritage Open Days 2023: Creativity Unwrapped.

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Livestream for Heritage Open Days 2023: Creativity Unwrapped.

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On our livestream we went behind-the-scenes to talk about examples of creative work from The D-Day Story's collections. This was part of Heritage Open Days 2023, and took inspiration from this year’s theme of ‘Creativity Unwrapped’. D-Day Story curator Andrew Whitmarsh was joined by Curator of Art at Portsmouth Museums, Emily Worsdale. These are the five objects (or groups of objects). Which wa...

Livestream: 10 star objects in the displays of The D-Day Story

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Livestream: 10 star objects in the displays of The D-Day Story

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Join us to look at 10 star objects from our displays. Broadcast live on Facebook on 31 May. #museums #dday79 #dday

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Behind the scenes livestream

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Join our curator Andrew and volunteers James and Barbara as we talk about items from our collections that are not on display at The D-Day Story. James talks about the letters of soldier Wally Hansford who served in 1st Worcesters and was killed during the Battle of Normandy. Barbara discusses the log book of surgeon David MacDonald, who treated casualties from the fighting. Andrew shows off an ...

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Sewing Memories at The D-Day Story

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In October 2022, The D-Day Story hosted a pop-up exhibition by artist Jan Frith, called 'Sewing Memories'. The exhibition featured an old Singer sewing machine, embedded with memories to reflect a broad range of people who have sewn, both for pleasure and in times of very urgent need. Alongside this exhibition, Jan also hosted a series of 'Sew, Style, and Upcycle' creative sessions at The D-Day...

Livestream from landing craft LCT 7074 at The D-Day Story, Portsmouth UK

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Livestream from landing craft LCT 7074 at The D-Day Story, Portsmouth UK

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In our livestream from landing craft LCT 7074 we talked about the history of the ship, how we open it to the public and about visitors' reactions to seeing the LCT. We also met some of our team of staff and volunteers who talked about their roles and highlighted several artefacts from The D-Day Story's collections which have a connection to landing craft. #dday #landingcraft #normandy #lct7074 ...

Landfall: LCT 7074 as a nightclub in Liverpool. An interview with the sons of George Evans.

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Landfall: LCT 7074 as a nightclub in Liverpool. An interview with the sons of George Evans.

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Along with his business partner Colin Peers, from the late 1960s to the 1990s George Evans ran LCT 7074 as a nightclub in Liverpool, known as Landfall. In this interview conducted on board the LCT, George Evans' four sons Leif, Bjorn, Cameron and Leo describe their memories of Landfall and what the ship meant to their father. Discover George's ultimate hopes for the long-term future of the LCT....