Anonymous Women No.4: Thoughts on venturing into unfamiliar territory
Contributed by Julie Moore In my previous piece, I mentioned an article written by Dr. Nicola Verdon on village women and their work on farms during the First World War. ...
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War-resisters in south London, 1914-16
John H. Taylor has recently completed a research project into the experiences of Conscientious Objectors and those who supported them in the area of London covered by the current London...
Two strikes, a hundred years apart
Contributed by David Hewitt This summer, councillors from Thornton in Lancashire will go on strike. They are members of Wyre Council and, immediately before a full meeting of their colleagues,...
Anonymous Women – The Ladies of the Field
Contributed by Julie Moore For this third in a series of occasional blogs on ‘anonymous’ women, I thought I would share with you one of those very exciting moments that...
Anonymous Women and some thoughts on that title
Contributed by Julie Moore As promised, the pieces which appear under the title of ‘Anonymous Women’ will be a ‘warts and all’ account of my research process. Already, just a...
First Thoughts on Anonymous Women
Contributed by Julie Moore Over the past three years, the ‘Everyday Lives in War’ team have heard many stories of how people coped during the four years of the First...
An Act of Remembrance?
Contributed by Janine Marriott. When I first began working at Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust I felt that an arranging an Act of Remembrance for those who died during the two...
Behind the Wire
An edited version of this article by 100 Years of Coconuts appeared in the Cambridge United matchday programme for the game against Yeovil Town on 27 September 2016. This...
A Taste of the Home Front – Arundel Museum
In June 2015 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant to Arundel Museum to explore the story of how the town of Arundel responded to the problems of keeping the...
Railway war service badges of World War 1
Contributed by Reg Harman One day a very long time ago, as a British Rail management trainee in Scotland, I helped to clear out an old railway office in Glasgow,...