Visit Heritage Blog (War) - Visit Heritage

The 8^th of May 2020 marks 75 years since the momentous day in 1945 when the Allies accepted the German army’s unconditional surrender after five years of brutal conflict.

Magnificent Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, famous for its starring role as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter films, is urgently looking for former Newcastle Church High School girls who were evacuated there between 1940 – 1945.