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Half a million years for you to discover

1914 to 1945

Find out about London's role in the First and Second World Wars, life on the Home Front, and the radical social changes following the 'War to end all wars'.


First & Second World War links

1920s and Today

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Archived. 1920s: the decade that changed London website. Exhibition is now closed. (Opens in new window)

Remembering the Blitz

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This online exhibition looks at what it was like to live through the Blitz in London and at how we remember it now

"Women Talk"

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Listen to women talking about life in London. (Opens in new window)

Museum in Docklands links

Moving Here

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200 years of migration England

Barbara Windsor traces her father

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Family history and the Port of London Archives

Docklands: The local area

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A brief history

Development of London's port and docks

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Docklands at war

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The port and East End during the Second World War

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