To the Peace Museum for agreeing to support my book Great War Britain: Bradford to be
published by the History Press in 2014. The Peace Museum said they were “Delighted
to be associated, with something that looks at women & the home front”
The book will be full of short case studies and snippets of
information which can be dipped in and out of. It provides an alternative angle
on existing stories of life at home in Bradford during WW1 and introduces lots
of previously unknown stories. The book will provide a balanced view from
ordinary people for example in the Raising the Troops chapter there will be a
story of a man keen to enlist at the outbreak of war next to the story of one
of the first Bradford conscientious objectors to be court marshalled. I hope it
will be engaging and informative and will be able to be used in schools as well
as by adults.
I have already worked with the Peace Museum on their project
Choices: Then and Now and hope to work more with them in the future.
Big thanks and congratulation to the Bradford YMCA for successfully
getting HLF funding for a Tea Hut project. I am looking forward to working with
them to engage and inspire young people to learn and research more about life during
WW1.
