Stockport in the Great War
Cooper, Glynis2016
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Interest in the theft of cucumbers initially took precedence over news that war had been declared, but Stockport rallied quickly. Wakes week was cancelled, the local 6th Battalion of the Cheshires went to the Front and the town transformed half of its schools into much-needed military hospitals. Admirably, the remaining schools coped with double the number of children but education suffered little. At the time, Stockport was two towns; the millscapes around the Mersey and the Goyt and the wealthier genteel suburbs bordering the Cheshire countryside. Economy and efficiency in the use of food and fuel was preached in the local paper alongside advertisements for silks, satins, velvets, furs and evening gowns. The cotton and hatting trades, transport and agriculture, suffered badly from loss of resources and manpower but resisted the use of female labour with great hostility.
Main title:
Stockport in the Great War / Glynis Cooper.
Author:
Cooper, Glynis, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.
Collation:
176 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781473833784 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.342734940.342734COO940.343734COO(784)
Language:
English
BRN:
2284495