Woman's Hour Women and the War - a young widow's story
How a night out to Manchester鈥檚 Palace Theatre in 1914 was to change forever the lives of Kitty and her young husband Percy Morter. Looking back, Kitty describes the moment...
How a night out to Manchester鈥檚 Palace Theatre in 1914 was to change forever the lives of Kitty and her young husband Percy Morter. Looking back, Kitty describes the moment when music hall star Vesta Tilley put her hand on her husband鈥檚 shoulder and recruited him to the war effort. The archive interview from 1964 is being made available today through World War One At Home, a 大象传媒 and Imperial War Museums partnership.
Jane Garvey is joined by Imperial War Museum curator Laura Clouting to talk about the projects.
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World War One
The events of the first truly global war and its devastating and far reaching impact.
