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Episode publication activity over the past year
1 September 1916 - Dorothea Winwood
01 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, Bertrand Russell received notice restricting his access to military areas, and ...
31 August 1916 - Juliet Argent
31 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, the Battle of Verdun finally came to a close, and in Folkestone, Juliet Cavendi...
30 August 1916 - Esme Macknade
30 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, Turkey declared war on Rumania and Russia, and a new arrival at the Grahams' fr...
29 August 1916 - Alec Poole
29 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, Paul von Hindenberg became German Chief of Staff, and in Folkestone, Alec Poole...
26 August 1916 - Johnnie Marshall
26 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, the British took 200 yards of German trenches near Bazentin-le-Petit, capturing...
25 August 1916 - Kitty Wilson
25 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, there were more air raids on the East Coast, with 29 casualties, and Kitty disc...
24 August 1916 - Hilary Pearce
24 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, following zeppelin raids on the South East coast, Hilary Pearce is all set to g...
23 August 1916 - Alec Poole
23 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, the British army gained 200 yards just south of Thiepval, and the Reverend Alec...
22 August 1916 - Juliet Cavendish
22 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, 15,000 pilgrims gathered at Lourdes to pray for the safe return of their father...
19 August 1916 - Norman Harris
19 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, the papers reported a "Great British Day on the Somme", and in Folkestone, Norm...
18 August 1916 - Johnnie Marshall
18 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, a clergyman's daughter was fined for sending photographs of German POW's to a n...
17 August 1916 - Esme Macknade
17 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, Romania pledged to join the allies at war, and in Folkestone, Esme Macknade ste...
16 August 1916 - Hugh Cavendish
16 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, the French gained a mile of trenches at the Somme, and in Folkestone, Hugh Cave...
15 August 1916 - Florrie Wilson
15 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, the King praised the 'spirit of cheerful confidence' he found amongst the troop...
12 August 1916 - Alice Macknade
12 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, 'magical results' were reported at the provision of masks to conceal facial inj...
11 August 1916 - Juliet Argent
11 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, Italy drives Germany back nine miles from Gorizia with 32,000 losses, and Julie...
10 August 1916 - Gabriel Graham
10 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, a letter from Lloyd George exhorted the nation to watch the new film 'The Battl...
9 August 1916 - Edie Chadwick
09 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, the 'spycatcher' Peter Wright was born, and Edie, thus far economical with the ...
8 August 1916 - Sylvia Graham (Season 8 start)
08 Aug 2016
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On this day in 1916, the Daily Mirror reported 22 deaths from heatstroke on a hospital ship, and the...
27 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley
27 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, President Wilson advocated the formation of an Association of Nations to ensure...
26 May 1916 - Adam Wilson
26 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, the Bishop of Liverpool told conscientious objectors that they should leave the...
25 May 1916 - Oswald Dyer
25 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, Sir Neville Chamberlain opened the Royal commission on the Irish Rebellion in D...
24 May 1916 - Dieter Lippke
24 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, the Union Jack was to be flown from every public building for Empire Day, and D...
23 May 1916 - Emily Colville
23 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, the Devon and Exeter Gazette advertised the training of women in the lighter br...
20 May 1916 - Cyrus Colville
20 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, an air raid on Kent destroyed a public house, while in the County Tribunal in E...
19 May 1916 - John Rossiter
19 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, unified Russian and British forces drove the Turks from the banks of the Tigris...
18 May 1916 - Emily Colville
18 May 2016
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On this day in 1916 seven members of the No Conscription Fellowship were sentenced to imprisonment, ...
17 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley
17 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, Sir Roger Casement was sent to Brixton Prison to await trial for treason, and a...
16 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley
16 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, three German steamers were torpedoed by Russian submarines, and in Staverton, A...
13 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley
13 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith visited Mountjoy prison in Dublin, where De ...
12 May 1916 - Edwin Lloyd
12 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, the papers reported food shortages in Germany at a dire level, and in Ashburton...
11 May 1916 - Isabel Graham
11 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, The Times reported that Sir Roger Casement was to be tried for High Treason, fo...
10 May 1916 - Hetty Cox
10 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, for the first time 18 year olds could be called up for home service, and Hetty ...
9 May 1916 - Kitty Lumley
09 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, the Summer Time Bill was introduced to parliament, and Kitty and Dieter get to ...
6 May 1916 - Johnnie Marshall
06 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, two conscientious objectors were arrested in Newton Abbot, and Johnnie Marshall...
5 May 1916 - Cora Gidley
05 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, the Western Times reported the French were gaining ground at Verdun, while Cora...
4 May 1916 - Alexander Gidley
04 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, the papers reported the extension of conscription to include all men between th...
29 April 1916 - Alexander Gidley
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, General Townshend surrendered, ending the Siege of Kut, and in Deanscombe Quarr...
3 May 1916 - Emily Colville
03 May 2016
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On this day in 1916, cheers met the announcement in Parliament that three Irish rebel leaders had be...
2 May 1916 - Adam Wilson
02 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, A Zeppelin raid on the north east and southern Scottish coasts killed 36, and a...
28 April 1916 - Isaac Cox
28 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, all men between 33 and 41 who had attested were called to report for service, a...
27 April 1916 - Johnnie Marshall
27 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, Irish rebels stormed the town of Enniscorthy, and in Buckfast, Johnnie is a man...
26 April 1916 - Emily Colville
26 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916 the Conference of the Independent Labour Party resolved that 'socialists of all ...
25 April 1916 - Adam Wilson
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, German cruisers bombarded Lowestoft, damaging 200 homes, and an unexpected visi...
22 April 1916 - William Fulford
22 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, Emmeline Pankhurst condemned her daughter Sylvia's involvement in an anti-consc...
21 April 1916 - Tobias Holden
21 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, a British naval patrol intercepted Sir Roger Casement bringing munitions to Ire...
20 April 1916 - Elspeth Taverner
20 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, a cabinet crisis was narrowly averted when the Prime Minister agreed to extend ...
19 April 1916 - Rose Fairweather
19 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, the Western Times announced that two British Officers had escaped from POW camp...
18 April 1916 - Emily Colville
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, dissent divided the cabinet over the extension of conscription, while in Ashbur...
15 April 1916 - Tobias Holden
15 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, the cabinet met in Downing street to discuss the problems of conscription and r...
14 April 1916 - Edwin Lloyd
14 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, British airmen who had bombarded Constantinople, all returned safely from the 3...
13 April 1916 - Cora Gidley
13 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, the Mexican government requested a withdrawal of American troops from their ter...
12 April 1916 - Adam Wilson
12 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, Glasgow revolutionary John Maclean was imprisoned for breaches of the Defence o...
11 April 1916 - Dieter Lippke
11 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, as reports came in of the German army crossing into the French trenches at Verd...
8 April 1916 - Alexander Gidley
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, an escaped German POW was re-captured, and Alexander Gidley is shaken by an enc...
7 April 1916 - Elspeth Taverner
07 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, newspapers reported the discovery in Chicago of an anarchist plot to assassinat...
6 April 1916 - Sylvia Graham
06 Apr 2016
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On this day in 1916, Britain intercepted £56,000 of Swedish herring on its way to Germany, while at...
5 April 1916 - John Rossiter
05 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, a Zeppelin raid dropped bombs on the North East coast, while at Spittal End Far...
4 April 1916 - Isaac Cox (Season 7 start)
04 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day in 1916, strikers returned to work at the Clyde shipyards, and at Halecot Farm the futur...
12 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce
16 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day a secret meeting of the Non-Conscription fellowship was held in Kentish town, while in F...
11 February 1916 - Kitty Lumley
16 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day nurse and women's rights campaigner Emma Golden was arrested in New York, and the Wilson...
10 February 1916 - Victor Lumley
10 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day conscription came into effect, and Victor Lumley is desperate to return to his men in Fr...
9 February 1916 - Norman Harris
09 Feb 2016
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On this day four bombs were dropped near a girls' school in Kent causing 3 casualties, while Norman ...
8 February 1916 - Isabel Graham
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day the siege of Kut al Amara entered its 63rd day, and Isabel finally finds a solution for ...
5 February 1916 - Florrie Wilson
05 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day, it was proposed that munitions workers be exempted from the conscription bill, and tire...
4 February 1916 - Olive Hargreaves
04 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day, Harrods Stores was fined £5 for selling morphine without keeping a register, and Siste...
3 February 1916 - Hilary Pearce
03 Feb 2016
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On this day, a wrecked zeppelin was spotted in the North Sea by a British trawler, and Hilary Pearce...
2 February 1916 - Isabel Graham
02 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day, the Board of Agriculture issued a notice advising that convalescent soldiers could be u...
1 February 1916 - Nell Kingsley
01 Feb 2016
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On this day, Britain woke up to news of a terrible series of zeppelin attacks on the East coast, lea...
29 January 1916 - Olive Hargreaves
29 Jan 2016
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On this day a Canadian soldier was badly injured by a bus in Folkestone, and at the Bevan hospital S...
28 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce
28 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day President Wilson declared "The world is on fire, and sparks are likely to drop anywhere"...
27 January 1916 - Adeline Lumley
27 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day the Military Service Act was passed making conscription legal, and in Folkestone Adeline...
22 January 1916 - Isabel Graham
26 Jan 2016
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On this day, the Dublin police raided several houses, seizing arms and a printing press, and Isabel ...
26 January 1916 - Kitty Lumley
26 Jan 2016
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On this day the pacifist Women's Freedom League declared that there would soon be a revival of suffr...
25 January 1916 - Bob Capeling
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day a conference on shell shock began at the Royal Society of Medicine, and Bob Capeling fin...
21 January 1916 - Marion Wardle
21 Jan 2016
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On this day, the Prime Minister stated that more women workers would be needed to supply enough muni...
20 January 1916 - Kitty Lumley
20 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day, the first men from the Derby Scheme were mobilised for service, and Kitty has a moment ...
19 January 1916 - Alec Poole
19 Jan 2016
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On this day, negotiations between Montenegro and Austria were broken off, and it appears to parallel...
18 January 1916 - Ralph Winwood
18 Jan 2016
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On this day, the battle of Sheik Sa'ad represented the first of several efforts to relieve the Siege...
15 January 1916 - Norman Harris
15 Jan 2016
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On this day Emmeline Pankhurst was detained in New York after arriving for a tour of North America, ...
14 January 1916 - Isabel Graham
14 Jan 2016
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On this day four Germans were recaptured after attempting to escape a Prisoner of War Camp, and Isab...
13 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce
13 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day shares in the Pleasure Gardens Theatre were auctioned, and Hilary Pearce is disappointed...
12 January 1916 - Sylvia Graham
12 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day the South Wales Miners voted to oppose conscription, and in Folkestone Sylvia Graham has...
11 January 1916 - Dorothea Winwood
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day the Allies occupied the Kaiser's villa on Corfu, and Nell is shocked by news of a patien...
8 January 1916 - Ruth Billings
08 Jan 2016
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This day marked the ending of the Dardanelles campaign, as the last troops evacuated Gallipoli, and ...
7 January 1916 - Victor Lumley
07 Jan 2016
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On this day, Lord Selbourne made an appeal for more game to be donated to hospitals, before the end ...
6 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce
06 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day, General Aylmer led the first relief attempt in the Siege of Kut, and Hilary is caught u...
5 January 1916 - Adeline Lumley
05 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day, parliament had its first reading of the Compulsory Military Service Bill, and Adeline b...
4 January 1916 - Dorothea Winwood
04 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day, Lord Derby published a report that over 650,000 fit single men hadn't offered themselve...
1 January 1916 - Hilary Pearce
01 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this day the Home Secretary resigned as the first draft of the Compulsory Military Service Bill w...
31 December 1915 - Alec Poole
31 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this day a man was sentenced to three months hard labour for buying a soldier a bottle of whisky,...
30 December 1915 - Nell Kingsley
30 Dec 2015
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On this day a British P&O liner was torpedoed killing 334, including women and children, and at ...
29 December 1915 - Isabel Graham
29 Dec 2015
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On this day France gifted the land holding British war cemeteries to Great Britain, and the Grahams ...
28 December 1915 - Ruth Billings
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this day the Evening Herald reported the return of 800 wounded soldiers to Plymouth, and Ruth Bil...
Christmas Day 1915 - Adeline Lumley
25 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this day, J M Barrie presented the Peter Pan cup to a 13 year old who swam the Serpentine, and Ad...
24 December 1915 - Marion Wardle
24 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this day, the Turkish attacked the British Indian garrison at Kut al Amara, and Marion meets a ch...
23 December 1915 - Albert Wilson
23 Dec 2015
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On this day, Vera Brittain's fiancé, Roland Leighton, died in France, and in Folkestone, Albert tri...
22 December 1915 - Dorothea Winwood
22 Dec 2015
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Minister of munitions, David Lloyd George made an official visit to armaments factories in Newcastle...
30 October 1915 - Kitty Lumley
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Dardanelles Committee of the British Cabinet decide to wind down the Gallipoli campaign, and in ...
29 October 1915 - Nancy Parker
29 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Folkestone is almost washed away by the rain.Written by Richard Monks Directed by Jessica Dromgoole ...