SECRET codes of the First World War were uncovered by hundreds of museum visitors turned wartime signallers.

The Museum of the History of Science hosted a Signals and Semaphores afternoon at its Broad Street base on Sunday.

Visitors delved into battlefield communication, learning how to use Morse code symbols to write their names.

Researcher Elizabeth Bruton said: “It was great. We had a massive amount of visitors coming into the museum trying a range of events.

“Everyone seemed to have an absolutely fantastic time. The atmosphere was buzzing.”

Dr Bruton said abut 300 people enjoyed the Morse Code activities taking place within the museum.

She added: “I think it’s important to hold events like this because it gets young people into museums. It’s important for museums to do outreach and public engagement.

“We want people to come to our museums and realise what we do is more than static objects and cases. We can show them that history is very relevant to the modern day and give them an insight into what it was like.”

Visitors also had the chance to get involved with telegraphy and radio communications.

Youngster Ethan Hector, 12, said: “It was really good. I used the different methods of how to communicate in the war. It was really interesting.”