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From the Farm to the Front - A South Gloucestershire family's experiences during the First World War, showing the effects on everyone from the home front to the Battle of the Somme. (Paperback)
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From the Farm to the Front - A South Gloucestershire family's experiences during the First World War, showing the effects on everyone from the home front to the Battle of the Somme. (Paperback)
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From the Farm to the Front is a dramatic and touching play
following the lives of the Powell family from Westerleigh, South
Gloucestershire, to the bloody fields of the Somme. Widower William
Powell runs a small farm under the increasing demands for food
during 1916. His eldest son Bert is in France taking part in the
preparations for the Battle of the Somme. His daughters Iris, a
nurse, and Doris, a munitions worker, argue over moral ways of
supporting the war effort. William's only remaining farmhand is
spurned in his affections for Iris and joins the army when given a
white feather. All this turbulence at home is influencing William's
youngest, Alf, who sees the whole war as an exciting adventure.
Iris falls for a dashing RFC pilot and volunteers to work overseas
despite her father's concerns. Meanwhile Doris has her eyes opened
to the perils of women working in factories and becomes a workers'
rights activist. But while packing grenades to be sent to the front
she slips in a "Billy Do", an anonymous letter to a soldier in
France. This sparks an unlikely romance with Private Jack Thomas
who is also stationed on the Somme. As the build up to the Battle
of the Somme intensifies the lives of everyone at home and abroad
become intertwined, this is illustrated by the moving
correspondence between South Glos and the Somme. Soon everyone,
from the youngest child to the eldest residents, is in turmoil
while the largest offensive undertaken by the British Army prepares
to take place. In a dramatic scene we see the juxtaposition between
children playing battles without consequences against the
disastrous, bloody first day of the Battle of the Somme. This
poignant window on lives affected by the First World War uses
letters and research from real lives explored by the author. This
serves as a tremendous resource when teaching secondary age
students about the tragedy of war both at home and in battle.
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