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Home Front

20 April 1916 - Elspeth Taverner

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

On this day in 1916, a cabinet crisis was narrowly averted when the prime minister agreed to extend conscription, but the rift widens between Halecot and Blackfold farms. Show more

Contributors

Elspeth Taverner:
Kelly Williams
Adam Wilson:
Billy Kennedy
Dieter Lippke:
Felix Auer
Effie Taverner:
Lizzie Stables
Lewis Cox:
Dylan Edwards
Morris Battley:
Sean Baker
Rose Fairweather:
Helen Longworth

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