City of Manchester in the Great War by Glynis Cooper

City of Manchester in the Great War by Glynis Cooper

The war touched almost every aspect of life on the Home Front, and those who were left behind suffered terribly. This book meticulously explores the problems, hardships and grief faced by Manchesters people and takes a detailed look the unfortunate areas that were hit the hardest. Throughout Britain, industry declined and wages suffered; prices of food and fuel rose sharply; essential foodstuffs and coal were hoarded for the black market; soldiers families doubled up with others, which caused severe overcrowding; housing and sanitation improvements ceased; there were epidemics of measles, chicken pox, influenza and TB; German U-boats tried to prevent supplies reaching Britain; and Zeppelin airships attempted to destroy British trade and industry. Manchester City suffered greatly because of its cotton trade, its industrial output, and its proximity to Liverpool, but its citizens were determined not to let the Kaiser win. This book documents how they fought back by living in a twilight world of black outs so that enemy airships would miss their targets; how they accepted emergency rationing of food and coal, and restrictions; and how they worked tirelessly in the nearby cotton mills and munitions factories, and dug for victory on their allotments. Overall, the people of Manchester were united in their grief over the sad loss of life on the fronts. This grief broke across class barriers and saw debutantes and mill girls, alike, take comfort in each other. City of Manchester in the Great War tells the remarkable story of the spirit of a city whose citizens refused to give in, who strived to fight the odds that were stacked against them.

Glynis Cooper was born in Greater Manchester, home to both her mother and father's families, and trained in the dual disciplines of archaeology and librarianship. Her hobbies are reading, history and travel, which have proved a great help while researching information for her books. So far, she has written twenty titles, which include local history, and two novels. Currently she is working on titles in the Your Towns and Cities in the Great War series, published between 2014-18 by Pen & Sword to commemorate the First World War.

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ISBN 13	9781473837751
ISBN 10	1473837758
Title	City of Manchester in the Great War
Author	Glynis Cooper
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2017-08-02
Number of pages	108
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