How the Pershore Plum Won the Great War (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Andrews, Maggie; Waugh, Jenni

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The First World War was won not just on the battlefields but on the Home Front, by the men, women and children left behind. This book explores the lives of the people of Pershore and the surrounding district in wartime, drawing on their memories, letters, postcards, photographs, leaflets and recipes to demonstrate how their hard work in cultivating and preserving fruit and vegetables helped to win the Great War. Pershore plums were used to make jam for the troops; but ensuring these and other fruits and vegetables were grown and harvested required the labour of land girls, Boy Scouts, schoolchildren, Irish labourers and Belgian refugees. When submarine warfare intensified, food shortages occurred and it became vital for Britain to grow more and eat less food. Housewives faced many challenges in feeding their families and so in 1916 the Pershore Women's Institute was formed, providing many women with practical help and companionship during some of Britain's darkest hours in history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750969086
• Artikelnr.: 45252992

Autorenporträt

Maggie Andrews is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Worcester, with a keen interest in the Home Front in Britain in both World Wars, on which she has published a range of books and articles. She is the Historical Consultant for the BBC Radio series Home Front, adviser to the BBC in the West Midlands on their World War One at Home Project, and is a member of the Women's History Network. She lives in Pershore, Worcestershire.