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Description: | British civilian in Wolverton, Bucks, GB, 1914-1919
REEL 1: Recollections of period as civilian in Wolverton, Bucks, GB, 1914-1919: family background and employment; reaction to outbreak of war, 8/1914; enlistment of local men with 1st King's Dragoon Guards; story of death of uncle, 1915; effect of war on railway works and role of women; participation in strike at McCorquodale's printing works, 1915; question of unionisation; reaction of family to strike; increase in pay; opinion of strike; memories of outbreak of war, 8/1914; description of Armistice celebrations including service of Thanksgiving, 11/11/1918.
REEL 2 Continues: opinion of war and influence of Methodist minister and conscientious objector on views; employment in Co-operative Society cheque house; relations between civilians and Canadian troops stationed near Wolverton, 1917-1918; memories of French refugee family; involvement with church and concert parties to support war effort; effect of war on political views; recreational activities including cinema; Christmas celebrations; annual holidays; effect of war on daily life; wages and prices; opinion of propaganda posters; rationing.
REEL 3 Continues: use of unofficial rationing by retailers; father's work on allotment; role of married women as home workers; attitude to Germans; relations between different religious denominations; clothing; memory of field post cards from Front; attitude to newspapers; question of awareness of progress of war; problem of post-war unemployment; employment practices at railway works; question of migration of labour force from Wolverton; reaction of civilians to army manoeuvres near Wolverton, 1913; reaction to sight of disabled soldiers, 1928 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Milton Keynes Interaction | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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