Rotherham at War and Peace by Margaret Drinkall - 9780752462950

Rotherham at War and PeaceAuthor(s): Margaret Drinkall\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The History Press Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The History Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780752462950, 978-0752462950\nSynopsis\nIn July 1922 the Rotherham Advertiser requested that the people of Rotherham remember the impact which the First World War had on the town and the changes which had been made. They recommended that: 'it be placed on record how the town was transformed by its army battalions, the recruitment drives which took place, the massive loss of life, food shortages, queues and rationing, how women were performing men's work and the zeppelin raids. Cannot the Corporation set about the task of producing such a book?' Although the Corporation was unable to produce such a book at the time, this is the writer's own small attempt to try to redress that balance. As we now know, the period of peace was to be tragically short-lived, and this book extends that record to include the interwar years an.