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Description: | British schoolchild in Wolverton, Bucks, GB, 1914-1918
REEL 1: Recollections of period in Wolverton, Bucks, GB, 1914-1918: various memories of family life in Wolverton; story of pretending to be Belgian refugee and receiving money; death of cousin Alf on Western Front and memorial service; father's duties as Special Constable; Armistice celebrations, 11/11/1918; holiday in Linford Woods, 1916; daily life and living conditions; food; women wearing coarse aprons made from sacks; army manoeuvres near Wolverton, 1913; concerts for troops; further memories of cousin Alf and family's reaction to death; hostility from local residents to German shop keeper in Wolverton; reason for father not being called up; description of father's duties as Special Constable; story of search for escaped German POW; father's role in dragging canal for suicide victim; further memories of Armistice Day celebrations.
REEL 2 Continues: [George Cook]: various memories of school including playing soldiers and making clay model of German aircraft; family life and friends; Belgian refugees; story of eating pet rabbit and cockerels; food rationing; attitude to propaganda and rumours of German atrocities; reaction to returning soldiers in Wolverton; wartime Christmases; recreational activities and children's games. | 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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