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Home Front

17 January 1917 - Iris Reed

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

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On this day in 1917, an appeal was issued in the Times for women workers to help at YMCA recreation huts in France, and in North Shields, Iris Reed plans some entertainment. Show more

Contributors

Lester Reed:
Trevor Fox
Evelina White:
Rosie Cavaliero
Vincent Surtees:
Shaun Prendergast
Joyce Lyle:
Tracy Whitwell
Marion Wardle:
Laura Elphinstone
Gladys Lynch:
Elaine Claxton
Alan Lowther:
David Seddon
Squeezebox:
Colin Guthrie

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