AVONCROFT Museum is marking this year’s Armistice Day with a trail around the grounds which will aim to remember the impact that the First World War had on people at home in England.

The trail has been created to help tell the less familiar story of the people left behind while soldiers went out to war, as well as the returning wounded, and how the fabric of society changed as a result of the war and the impact it had on ordinary people.

Avoncroft also has an exhibition up and running in the grounds and buildings, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, which will run until Wednesday, November 11 where people can find out more about some of the unusual laws which came into force between 1914 and 1918, when it became illegal to buy a friend a drink or send letters written in invisible ink, and people weren’t allowed to fly a kite or own pigeons without a special licence.

There is also information on the great advances made in medicine and plastic surgery, and the changes in the role of women in society.

For more information, visit avoncroft.org.uk/whats-on/events-programme.