Second World War evacuees

Activities depend on time of year and age of children but most groups arrive as evacuees with a gas mask and a small suitcase of possessions and experience life on the farm. At Milden there have been prisoners of war, evacuees and an anti-aircraft gun unit during the war and our small farm museum houses finds from the time.

We adapt days to your curriculum needs – you can use the Tudor barn to visit other war-time places, and immerse yourselves in activities and food we can provide. Numerous activities are offered including:

• Field walk for WW2 artefacts
• Make rations go further – foraging in the hedges
• Rabbit catching and skinning
• Cook seasonal food
• Manage the pigs – feed, straw up and clean out
• Look after the chickens – feed, collect eggs, clean out
• Burning plane incident
• News reels
• ENSA entertainment
• See war-time planes being restored in the village (Hawker-Restorations-Ltd.co.uk )
• Hoe the weeds
• Harvest the vegetables
• Dig for victory
• Work in the fields
• Collect firewood
• Rat-catching