THOUGHTFUL youngsters have been remembering the men who served in the trenches of the First World War.

With Remembrance Sunday falling at the end of this week, the Tudor House museum in Friar Street hosted a history day about the 1914-1918 war on Saturday.

Young families chatted with Glo Pringle – better known as Mrs History – about fighting on the Western Front and the hard work of those on the Home Front.

The event called Over The Top was held to mark 95 years to the day of the Battle of Gheluvelt in which the men of the 2nd Worcestershire Regiment held the allied line against the Germans, saving the day in October 1914. Youngsters were encouraged to find out about trench warfare but also the work of women as labourers, farm hands and nurses on the home front.

They were able to handle artefacts of the time including helmets, a Lee Enfield rifle, authentic 100-year-old army boots and an exploded artillery shell.

There was also poppy-making and colouring in with boys and girls encouraged to learn about why Britain remembers the human sacrifice made by this country in wartime.

Dressed as a First World War nurse, Mrs Pringle said: “I explain to visitors what life would have been like. It’s been a success, we’ve had lots of visitors and a lot of poppy-making.”