Hidden Home Front: Episode 2 - Love Letters from the Front

Hidden Home Front: Love Letters from Worcestershire to and from the Front

Throughout the First World War men and women from Worcestershire exchanged thousands of letters, postcards and parcels every month.  Their words offer often poignant insights into their daily lives; revealing their daily worries and fears, their yearnings for each other and the quiet fields of home as well as their dreams for the post-war world. 

KEYWORDS: Women, World War I, Correspondence, Home Front, Relationships, Worcestershire, Maggie Andrews

In World War 1, Worcestershire,

Presented by:

Hayley Carter, Postgraduate Student, University of Worcester

Directed by:

Sean Griffiths

Featuring:

Professor Maggie Andrews, University of Worcester

Thanks to:

Francini Cafe de Colombia, Worcester

Recorded By:

Andy Partington

Images Kindly Supplied by:

Imperial War Museum, British Pathe, Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, Badsay Society, Cynthia Johnson

Run Time:

10.27

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