There was a lot of patriotism and confidence in the first weeks and months of the war, both in the nation and in Rossendale. People thought the war would soon be over and the idea that ‘our brave soldiers will deliver a bloody nose to the Germans and be home by Christmas’ was commonly spoken [...]
In any war reliable and accurate communication is essential. Battles are often won or lost on the ability to communicate information on enemy positions and movement, as well as instructions. The battlefields of the First World War were so big, widespread and difficult, that all sorts of methods of communication were used. Wireless communication (radio) [...]
It is interesting to take a look at what life was like in 1914, in the months before war broke out, to try and work out if people had any idea of what was coming before the year’s end. By 1914 the industrial revolution had already contributed to a rapid increase in the country’s population, [...]
