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The museum finishes its 2024 season on Saturday 2nd November     Lorna Lloyd’s War Diary Malvern Museum has partnered with a team from Edinburgh Napier University that has produced a series of podcasts based on Lorna Lloyd’s diary. These … Read More

Lorna Lloyd’s Diary of the war
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About Lorna Lloyd Lorna Beatrice Lloyd was born in Filton, Bristol in 1914. Her middle-class childhood afforded leisure time and resources to develop various talents. She played the piano; she wrote stories, plays and poetry; she drew and painted; she … Read More

Diary of the War 1939-41
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The family of Lorna Lloyd offered Malvern Museum a diary written by Lorna while living in Malvern, detailing the early progress of the Second World.  Lorna Lloyd Lorna was born in 1914 in Bristol.  Her father was a wealthy iron … Read More

Lorna Lloyds ‘Diary of the war’: Episodes 5 to 8
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These episodes cover April 1940 to February 1942. Notable events include: the falls of Norway and Denmark (episode 5); the falls of Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and France (episode 6); and the Battle of Britain (episode 7).

Lorna Lloyds ‘Diary of the war’: Episodes 1 to 4
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These episodes cover early September 1939 to March 1940. Notable events include: the attack on, and fall of, Poland (episodes 1 and 2); preparations by Britain for more attacks by Germany (episode 3); and the First Soviet-Finnish War (episode 4).

Frieda Salvendy – Austrian artist
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Malvern has attracted a fair number of people with refugee status over the last one hundred years or so.  The most recent to come under public gaze is an Austrian woman, Frieda Salvendy.  Frieda moved to Malvern sometime after the … Read More

Malvern Museum: Covid-19 measures
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The latest Government guidelines, Health and Safety Executive requirements for public services, along with national museum/heritage advice, have been consulted and acted on. We believe we have a robust set of measures in place to protect both visitors and our … Read More

The Dunkirk Evacuation and Malvern Men
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At least 8 Malvern men were among those who tragically did not make the return to Britain. Malvern also hosted hundreds of Dunkirk survivors for a few days in June 1940 on their way back to their loved ones or … Read More

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