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The Ephemera Society presents
The Birmingham Ephemera Fair 2010

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• The National Motorcycle Museum
• Coventry Road
• Bickenhill
• Solihull
• West Midlands, B92 0EJ
• United Kingdom
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• Admission £3   11.00 - 17.00
• Members from 10am with membership cards
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• Junction 6 on the M42, Solihull, West Midlands
• View PDF file for more information (305KB).

Here come the Girl Guides: 100 years of Guiding
in London

Until 31 October 2010

From Baden-Powell to Brown Owl, celebrate 100 years of guiding at Museum of London Docklands. Learn about London's historic role in the largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women in the UK and explore the history and changing identity of the organisation through the experiences of Guides past and present.

This exhibition will explore the history and changing identity of an organisation which has become part of the fabric of British youth culture. The centenary of guiding provides a timely opportunity to reflect on a movement which has been such an influence on generations of women.

• Museum of London Docklands
• No1 Warehouse
• Cromwell Road
• West India Quay
• London E14 4AL
• UK
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• http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands

Churchill Archive: online resource for 2012

LONDON, 29 July 2010

Bloomsbury Publishing announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust and Churchill Heritage Ltd to digitise and publish in electronic form the one million page archive of the Papers of Sir Winston Churchill.

In 2012, Bloomsbury will publish the entire archive in digital format for libraries and individuals. Scholars, casual readers and school children will all be able to access the largest and most important collection of primary source material of any individual leader of the 20th century.

Sir Winston Churchill has become an icon: a global symbol for strong leadership and the defence of freedom against totalitarianism. He remains one of the most quoted and misquoted figures of the modern era. This collection is replete with hand-written notes and private letters, revealing the human side to the man who is recognised to have saved the nation. Doubts and demons sit alongside confidence and bravado – all of which made up one of the most remarkable Prime Ministers in British history.

Sir Martin Gilbert, Churchill biographer said, 'The Churchill Papers collection is an Aladdin's Cave of historical riches, which it has been my privilege to explore. I strongly endorse this project, which will enable everyone to have access to Sir Winston Churchill's writings and correspondence. It is a project that will bring the history of the first sixty years of the Twentieth Century, and the remarkable story of Britain's greatest Prime Minister, into the classroom and the home.'