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Home Front

21 January 1916 - Marion Wardle

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

On this day, the prime minister said more women workers would be needed to supply enough munitions to the war, and former factory workers Marion and Edie feel even more liberated. Show more

Contributors

Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Edie Chadwick:
Kathryn Beaumont
Johnnie Marshall:
Paul Ready
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Kitty Lumley:
Ami Metcalf
Bob Capeling:
Joe Sims
Nell Kingsley:
Alice St Clair

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