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Episode publication activity over the past year
27 March 1918 - Adeline Lumley
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1918, Winston Churchill called for munition workers to forego an Easter break, and in...
26 March 1918 - Alice Macknade
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1918, Married Love by Marie Stopes was published, and in Folkestone, Alice isn't feel...
23 March 1918 - Jessie Moore
23 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, Parisian wedding processions continued through the streets despite a bombardmen...
22 March 1918 - Adeline Lumley
22 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, 'Women's Day' raised funds for the WAAC, and in Folkestone, Adeline finds her o...
21 March 1918 - Bill Macknade
21 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, a convoy of 120 stretcher cases arrived in Folkestone, and Bill Macknade is rea...
20 March 1918 - Kitty Lumley
20 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, the War Office forbade the use of 'maisons tolérées', and in Folkestone, Kitt...
19 March 1918 - Dorothea Winwood
19 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, the House of Lords discussed the founding of a League of Nations, and in Folkes...
16 March 1918 - Kitty Lumley
16 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, the Times published details for women registering to vote, and in Folkestone, K...
15 March 1918 - Ivy Monk
15 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, the RMS Amazon was sunk off the Irish Coast, and in Folkestone, Ivy encounters ...
14 March 1918 - Sylvia Graham
14 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, the Crawford Report recommended the building of the Imperial War Museum, and in...
13 March 1918 - Adeline Lumley
13 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1918, an education bill was proposed, asserting the rights of children, and in Folkes...
12 March 1918 - Alec Poole
12 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, the Yorkshire coast was attacked by zeppelins, and in Folkestone, Alec Poole fe...
9 March 1918 - Alice Macknade
09 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, Businessmen's Week was said to have raised over £100m in war bonds, and in Fol...
8 March 1918 - Kitty Lumley
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1918, the Bolsheviks became the Russian Communist Party and in Folkestone, Kitty isn'...
7 March 1918 - Edie Chadwick
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1918, Germany signed a peace treaty with Finland, and in Folkestone, Edie and Marion ...
6 March 1918 - Adeline Lumley
06 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, news emerged that the last signed work of Bellini was destroyed in an Austrian ...
5 March 1918 - Sylvia Graham (Season 13 start)
05 Mar 2018
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On this day in 1918, the post office stated in the Times that it accepted no liability for post lost...
5 January 1918 - Edie Chadwick
05 Jan 2018
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On this day in 1918, it was reported that in Grimsby, a 70 year old former member of the Rifle Briga...
4 January 1918 - Adeline Lumley
04 Jan 2018
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On this day in 1918, the SS Birtley was sunk returning from Dunkirk, losing 18 crew, and in Tynemout...
3 January 1918 - Alan Lowther
03 Jan 2018
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On this day in 1918, nearly all shipyards in the North East were at a standstill due to snow, hail a...
2 January 1918 - Cressida Marshall
02 Jan 2018
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On this day in 1918, Polar exploration ship the Aurora was officially declared missing, and at Colli...
1 January 1918 - Duncan Chadwick
01 Jan 2018
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On this day in 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II declared, "We face with firm confidence and iron will the yea...
29 December 1917 - Joyce Lyle
29 Dec 2017
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On this day in 1917, the Russian government issued a decree abolishing all military ranks and titles...
28 December 1917 - Marion Wardle
28 Dec 2017
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On this day in 1917, the German forces allegedly dropped deadly toys over France which exploded in c...
27 December 1917 - Fraser Chadwick
27 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Vladimir Lenin gave a speech proposing the nationalisation of all Russian banks...
26 December 1917 - Lester Reed
26 Dec 2017
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On this day in 1917, the first Ladies' international football match was played in Belfast, and in Ty...
25 December 1917 - Sylvia Graham
25 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, plum pudding was made a regular ration for the troops for the first time, while...
22 December 1917 - Isabel Graham
22 Dec 2017
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On this day in 1917, peace negotiations between Russia and Germany began at Brest-Litovsk, and at Co...
21 December 1917 - Matilda James
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, hundreds of striking munitions workers at Beardmore's factory in Paisley return...
20 December 1917 - Judith Turner
20 Dec 2017
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On this day in 1917, a seventeen year old munitionette, Maria Scratcher, was killed in a factory acc...
19 December 1917 - Alan Lowther
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, it was announced that women's alcoholism had declined since the start of the wa...
18 December 1917 - Edie Chadwick
18 Dec 2017
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On this day in 1917, it was reported that local Belgians had created a Christmas fund for miners' ch...
15 December 1917 - Dilys Walker
15 Dec 2017
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On this day in 1917, the Russian 28-day Armistice agreement was signed, and Dilys arrives in Tynemou...
14 December 1917 - Johnnie Marshall
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Lloyd George famously declared 'There is no halfway house between victory and d...
13 December 1917 - Fraser Chadwick
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Crimea proclaimed its independence, as a secular Muslim state, advocating gende...
12 December 1917 - Iris Reed
12 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, two trawlers were torpedoed East of the Tyne, killing eight people, while in Ty...
11 December 1917 - Marion Wardle
11 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Cuba declared war on Austria-Hungary, and - in North Shields - Marion Wardle is...
8 December 1917 - Fraser Chadwick
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, British troops surrounded Jerusalem, and at Marshalls Fraser returns to a facto...
7 December 1917 - Marion Wardle
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, miners in Sutton returned to work after a strike, and at Marshalls factory Mari...
6 December 1917 - Joyce Lyle
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, French munitions ship the SS Mont-Blanc blew up in Halifax, Canada injuring 10,...
5 December 1917 - Edie Chadwick
05 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Russia and Germany agreed a tentative ceasefire at Brest-Litovsk, and in North ...
4 December 1917 - Duncan Chadwick
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, President Wilson, in his State of the Union Address, recommended declaring war ...
1 December 1917 - Phyllis Marshall
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Germany and the new Russian government began a cessation of hostilities, while ...
30 November 1917 - Iris Reed
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Graincourt Sugar Factory fell to the German Army, and in Tynemouth, Iris Re...
29 November 1917 - Isabel Graham
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Women's Royal Naval Service was established, and in Tynemouth, Isabel Graha...
28 November 1917 - Sarah Illingworth
28 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Estonian government asserted its independence from Bolshevik Russia, and in...
27 November 1917 - Kitty Lumley
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, as the Times reported the fake news that the Tsar's daughter was to visit Ameri...
24 November 1917 - Lester Reed
24 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917 Rosa Luxemburg wrote from prison that the Russian revolution was a "milestone", ...
23 November 1917 - Fraser Chadwick
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, cabinet minister Lord Robert Cecil declared that the Russian government was not...
22 November 1917 - Marion Wardle
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, German counterattacks re-took Fontaine Notre Dame, and at Marshalls, the muniti...
21 November 1917 - Sarah Illingworth
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Bolsheviks disbanded the Women's Battalions, while in Tynemouth, Sarah Illi...
20 November 1917 - Edie Chadwick
20 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Battle of Cambrai marked the first mass use of tanks, and in Tynemouth, Edi...
17 November 1917 - Lester Reed
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the sculptor, Auguste Rodin, died, and in Tynemouth, it's clear that Lester Ree...
16 November 1917 - Alan Lowther
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, ANZAC troops occupied Jaffa, and in Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is thinking of cake...
15 November 1917 - Johnnie Marshall
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Finnish parliament declared their independence from Russia, and in Tynemout...
14 November 1917 - Joyce Lyle
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the women's suffrage movement in America turned a corner, as 33 protesters were...
13 November 1917 - Edie Chadwick (Season 12 start)
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of a new season, set in the North East, in the shadow of the Russian Revolution. O...
Home Front returns on 13 November 2017
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The lead writer of Home Front's Season 12, Shaun McKenna, reveals what to expect as the drama return...
22 September 1917 - Sylvia Graham
22 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the National Health Insurance Commission recommended free treatment of all inva...
21 September 1917 - Victor Lumley
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, 27 were killed in a munitions factory explosion in Arklow, Ireland, and at the ...
20 September 1917 - Adeline Lumley
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Jamaican seventeen year old Herbert Morris, believed to be suffering from shell...
19 September 1917 - Kitty Lumley
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, socialist and women's activist Annie Besant was released from prison in India, ...
18 September 1917 - Ralph Winwood
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the new French Premier, Painleve, made his maiden speech in office, and at St J...
15 September 1917 - Ivy Layton
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the British Government officially denied attempting a peace deal with Germany, ...
14 September 1917 - Jessie Moore
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Noel Chavasse became the only soldier to receive two VCs in the Great War, and ...
13 September 1917 - Albert Wilson
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, General Kornilov's revolt broke down in Russia, following the suicide of Genera...
12 September 1917 - Alice Macknade
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, British naval planes bombed Zeebrugge, and in Folkestone, Alice's birthday gets...
11 September 1917 - Howard Argent
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Lt Douglas Malcolm was acquitted of murdering Count de Borch, his wife's Russia...
8 September 1917 - Alec Poole
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, France took 800 German prisoners in a renewed offensive at Verdun, and in Folke...
7 September 1917 - Isabel Graham
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Prime Minister Alexandre Ribot and the entire French cabinet resigned over wide...
6 September 1917 - Alice Macknade
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, thousands lined the streets in Gillingham for the funeral of 98 naval personnel...
5 September 1917 - Howard Argent
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, headlines were dominated by news of the air raids on Chatham and Dover, and in ...
4 September 1917 - Maisie Harris
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, pacifist Edmund Morel was sent to Pentonville prison for six months, and in Fol...
1 September 1917 - Adeline Lumley
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Wilfred Owen wrote 'Many of us who came to the Hydro slightly ill are now getti...
31 August 1917 - Florrie Wilson
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, a retired Captain and his wife were fined £50 for food hoarding, and in Folkes...
30 August 1917 - Howard Argent
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, 1500 Welsh miners, out on strike for the reinstatement of one man, returned to ...
29 August 1917 - Esme Macknade
29 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, President Wilson issued his reply to the Pope's Peace Note, while in Folkestone...
28 August 1917 - Jessie Moore
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, severe gales across the country uprooted trees and damaged crops, while in Folk...
25 August 1917 - Sylvia Graham
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, four hundred thousand Moscow workers went on strike in defiance of the State Co...
24 August 1917 - Dennis Monk
24 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Italian troops took Mount Santo from the Austro-Hungarian forces, while in Folk...
23 August 1917 - Kitty Lumley
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, it was reported that playwright and former hospital orderly HH Davies had gone ...
22 August 1917 - Isabel Graham
22 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, eleven were killed in a daylight air raid on Dover, where Isabel is due to atte...
21 August 1917 - Ulysses Pilchard
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, British naval forces brought a zeppelin down off the coast of Jutland, while ne...
18 August 1917 - Norman Harris
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Sylvia Pankhurst's Peace meeting in Hyde Park was broken up by the police, whil...
17 August 1917 - Adeline Lumley
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Wilfred Owen met Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart, and in Folkestone, Adeline...
16 August 1917 - Ulysses Pilchard
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Chancellor of the Exchequer rejected the idea of a channel tunnel, at least...
15 August 1917 - Juliet Cavendish
15 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, an increase in wages for women munitions workers was introduced, and Juliet Cav...
14 August 1917 - Howard Argent
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Pope Benedict XV issued a Peace Note to the warring nations, and in Folkestone,...
11 August 1917 - Dennis Monk
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Labour leader Arthur Henderson resigned from the Cabinet under pressure from th...
10 August 1917 - Sylvia Graham
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Labour party voted to send delegates to the Stockholm peace conference, and...
9 August 1917 - Alec Poole
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, The Times described German coverage of Passchendaele as 'press hysterics', and ...
8 August 1917 - Alice Macknade
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, at the Conference of Modern Churchmen, Canon Glazebrook described socialism as ...
7 August 1917 - Howard Argent
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the dramatist Basil Hood died, having suffered from nervous exhaustion, and Cap...
4 August 1917 - Hilary Pearce
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, there was a service on the Leas in Folkestone to mark the third anniversary of ...
3 August 1917 - Kitty Lumley
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, copies of Sylvia Pankhurst's 'Dreadnought' were seized in a raid, and in Folkes...
2 August 1917 - Jessie Moore
02 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the heaviest rainfall in 30 years fell on Passchendaele, and in Folkestone, Jes...
1 August 1917 - Dorothea Winwood
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, Pope Benedict XV issued his Peace Note, describing the war as driven by a unive...
31 July 1917 - Adeline Lumley (Season 11 start)
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
31 July 1917 marked the first day of Passchendaele, and - at the Maudsley hospital in London - Adeli...
9 June 1917 - Ralph Winwood
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Folkestone Herald reported that shell fragments were being hunted as mement...
8 June 1917 - Florrie Wilson
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1917, the Tenth Battle of Isonzo ended, with heavy losses on both sides, while in Fol...