MOMENTOUS events of 100 years ago are remembered in a special half term session at Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.

A day of living history activities for the family is planned for next Saturday, commemorating the end of the First World War as well as votes for women, the flu epidemic that killed nearly 230,000 people and the giving of Stonehenge to the nation.

Wiltshire council cabinet member for heritage Richard Clewer said: “This is a great opportunity to discover just how much goes on at the history centre. There will be something for everyone, with activities to suit all ages.”

A replica of a First World War British tank will be parked up along with a display of costumes taking visitors back 100 years.

Archeologists will be on hand to explain artefacts and visitors will also be able to see rare colour images from the war and discover how Wiltshire coped with the world’s worst flu pandemic.

Children’s activities include make and take craft sessions. Helping to bring history alive on the day will be a demobbed sergeant and a Red Cross nurse while local historian Lucy Whitfield explains how women got the vote.

Visitors can even cast their votes in the 1918 General Election. The event at the centre in Chippenham on October 27, which includes a pop up café, runs between 10am and 4pm.