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Home Front

25 May 1917 - Kitty Lumley

Duration: 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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On this day in 1917, Britain suffered its first ever airplane bombing raid, and Tontine Street in Folkestone is packed with shoppers preparing for Whitsun weekend.

Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes Show less

Contributors

Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Ernie Moore:
Sean Connolly
Hilda Moore:
Bella Hamblin
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Alfred Vane:
Charlie Clements
May Arnold:
Lois Chimimba
Claude Crombie:
Luke Newberry
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
Switchboard:
Chetna Pandya

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