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<\/a><\/p>\nThis three-part collection from Falkirk Archives has been digitised from original cassette tape recordings compiled for Falkirk Museum’s First World War exhibition held back in 1984.<\/p>\n
Interviewees talk about life on the Home Front in Falkirk and away on the Western Front during the conflict. Women recall their roles working in local munitions factories and the attitudes of male workers in the factories to women at this time. There are recollections of the Suffragette Movement and when women gained the vote after the war. Men recall their experiences in the trenches during the conflict and remember the impact of The Armistice on those fighting at the Front. An interview with a female munitions worker in Falkirk during World War Two offers an interesting comparison.<\/p>\n
Each Falkirk’s First World War<\/a> interview comes with a summary with timecodes and a complete transcript.<\/p>\n Image\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a9 H L Foster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" World War One memories of Falkirk people now available on Scran. This three-part collection from Falkirk Archives has been digitised from original cassette tape recordings compiled for Falkirk Museum’s First World War exhibition held back in 1984. Interviewees talk about … Continue reading