First episode of a new Their Finest Hour podcast mini-series examining a selection of stories submitted to the Online Archive.
Stories from the Archive - Part 1
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In this first episode of "Stories from the Archive", Dr Joseph Quinn guides us through the Online Archive by introducing us to a selection of 5 personal stories submitted by participants from across the UK. These stories include a heart-warming tale of local friendships with Italian prisoners-of-war in Hampshire and an excerpt from a memoir which details one family's experience of the Canterbury Blitz in June 1942.
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A series of podcasts from Oxford University's 'Their Finest Hour' project. Led by the Faculty of English, this project aims to collect stories, objects, and memories around British involvement in the Second World War using Oxford's Community Collection Model (OCCM). The podcasts will cover what the project is about, how it works, what it is trying to achieve, but also will take deeper looks at material that is submitted and the range of research going on in the field at...