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Bristol in the Great War
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Jacqueline Wadsworth
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9781473838666, 9781783036356
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Pen & Sword Military (ORIM)
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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 the Front, the long shop queues and blackouts, the bone-shaking military vehicles that rumbled past their homes, and the kindness shown to the traumatized refugees from Belgium.Jacqueline Wadsworth’s extensive research brings Bristol’s story to life using contemporary accounts and high-quality photographs, many of which have never been published before.As seen in The Bristol Post, Western Daily Press and Gazette Series.

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Full Title

Bristol in the Great War
Author(s)

Wadsworth, Jacqueline
Edition
ISBN

9781473839373, 9781783036356
Publisher

Pen and Sword Military
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

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 the Front, the long shop queues and blackouts, the bone-shaking military vehicles that rumbled past their homes, and the kindness shown to the traumatized refugees from Belgium.

Jacqueline Wadsworth’s extensive research brings Bristol’s story to life using contemporary accounts and high-quality photographs, many of which have never been published before.

As seen in The Bristol Post, Western Daily Press and Gazette Series.

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