This is one of many dioramas in the museum and shows an authentically reconstructed kitchen typical of a Guernsey household in late 1944. The time of curfew is 9.00pm, all islanders had to be indoors or they were liable to be arrested or even shot. The family have just finished their meal of fried onions.

Father listens on his hidden crystal set to the 9 o`clock news. The set cleverly concealed in a tomato chip covered by beans. Mother, who has been making a potato flour cake, stands near the window to listen for German patrols.

In the fireplace a loaf is being baked in a tin over an open fire. The onions left over from supper are being kept warm for tomorrows breakfast.

This reconstruction of the 4.7cm Pak 36(t) shows the interior of the installation at the White Heart Hotel in St Peter Port. This example of the Czechoslovakian 4.7cm anti-tank gun is one of the best preserved in any museum.

By 1944 the Guernsey coastline was defended by 16 of these weapons housed in concrete casemates with a further 17 installed in reinforced field order positions.

Unknown to the Germans many of these codes were deciphered at Bletchley Park, especially those of the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.

For more details on the Naval Signals Headquaters please click here.

This incredible mini cooking stove was made from scrap metal and Red Cross tins and was made as a Christmas present for Rose Dawe by her father in 1944.