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Home Front

1 August 1917 - Dorothea Winwood

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

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On this day in 1917, Pope Benedict XV issued his Peace Note, describing the war as driven by a universal madness, and in Folkestone, Dorothea experiences a private sadness. Show more

Contributors

Dorothea Winwood:
Rachel Shelley
Ralph Winwood:
Nicholas Murchie
Olive Hargreaves:
Rhiannon Neads
Howard Argent:
Gunnar Cauthery
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Writer:
Katie Hims

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