Bristol in the Great War
Posted on Tuesday 2nd September 2014


(Maude Boucher)

Further Reading
Bristol in the Great War
(Paperback - 192 pages)
ISBN: 9781783036356
by Jacqueline Wadsworth
Only £12.99
When war was declared in 1914 the people of Bristol erupted in patriotic excitement - but what was it like when the cheering died down?
This book tells the city's unique story during those grinding years, when women risked their lives filling shells with mustard gas, factories turned out chocolate and cigarettes for the troops, Shirehampton's fields were full of war horses, and Filton's nascent aeroplane industry took off. Also described are the lives of the women who waited at home for news of their men at…
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Further Reading
Letters from the Trenches
(Hardback - 208 pages)
ISBN: 9781781592847
by Jacqueline Wadsworth
Only £19.99
A history of the First World War told through the letters exchanged by ordinary British soldiers and their families.
Letters from the Trenches reveals how people really thought and felt during the conflict and covers all social classes and groups – from officers to conscripts and women at home to conscientious objectors.
Voices within the book include Sergeant John Adams, 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers, who wrote in May 1917:'For the day we get our letter from home is a red Letter day in the…
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