On the 15th February,  P7 went to Devil’s Porridge in Gretna. My favourite thing was when Mrs Anderson made me dress up as a nurse from WW1. We got to handle ww1 antiques  such as British helmets, German helmet, stick bombs (not real ), rifle, revolver, (not real).  Our guide was called Susan. She was really nice and cheerful. She showed us around the museum explaining to us about every single WW1. Over 10,000 Irish navvies were forced  to come  and build a munition factory in 1916. Over 12,000 girls over the age of sixteen forced to work with coordinate. Coordinate makes their skin turn yellow and they can become infected with all kinds of diseases. Girls  had an amazing experience  staying in the hostels. They had their own little room that nobody but them were allowed in . That meant that if u wanted to meet up with your friends you would have to meet up at the sitting room. Every hostel was owned by a matron that made sure that the girls were well feed and everything. When we were finished we got to play around the top floor. Me and Jasmine were playing in the kitchen and tried being like a WW1 widow looking after their children. It was defiantly the best trip I’ve ever been on.

Yours sincerely  S. Black