childhood – Everyday Lives in War

Children’s working experiences in the First World War

October 24, 2017

As part of her research into the Home Front in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Sue Mann has been working on the experiences of children. In this piece she comments on the ways in which children were emplo...

Voices of the Great War: A new play featuring untold stories of the ch...

June 9, 2016

Winning the Children

April 25, 2016

This article has been researched and written by Meredith Andrea, who is the grandniece of a World War 1 boy soldier Clements Hall Local History Group https://clementshallhistorygroup.wordpress.com i...

The impact of WW1 on a local York community – Clements Hall Loca...

March 31, 2016

A new local project is based at a community centre to the south of the city walls of York. Clements Hall Local History Group was awarded £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for their two year proj...

Meeting in No Man’s Land – Planning Meeting, Rosenheim, January ...

January 20, 2016

‘German and British descendants share heritage from the Great War’ is a collaborative project to record and share family memories of the First World War. Led by London’s reminiscence organisati...

Bread and Primroses

September 30, 2015

Edward Taylor’s 1917 diary is an account of everyday life in Swindon seen through teenage eyes. For a 21st-century reader, it’s remarkable for what it doesn’t mention (see The War that Wasn’t There)....

Research in Brief – Reflections on Collection Day

July 20, 2015

Children of the Great War collection day Contributed by Michael Roper Our collection day was more successful than we could have hoped, with sixteen volunteers coming forward. Initial numbers had look...

Research in Brief – Children of the Great War: Update from Week ...

July 14, 2015

Contributed by Michael Roper (Centre Member and Professor of History at University of Essex) We’ve been doing a last ditch effort to publicise the collection day, contacting local history groups, lib...

Research in Brief – Children of the Great War film installation

July 9, 2015

In a previous post, Michael Roper wrote about the screening of the Children of the Great War installation film. You can now view that film in full below. As Michael explained, The film was shown on a...

Stories of the Scouts in First World War

July 1, 2015

Contributed by Joe Engledew (Year 10 pupil at Richard Hale School, Hertford) Joe joined the Everyday Lives in War Centre as part of his work experience with the history department of the University o...

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