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'The Roles of Women in Britain 1914-1918' by David Carter

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Ignored, patronised, stereotyped, exploited, unrecognised, unrewarded. These six words describe the pattern of attitudes towards women between 1914 and 1921. The clearly defined class and gender roles of Victorian and Edwardian Britain were hard to break down. Industry and commerce were male dominions but in 1914 the men were needed elsewhere. A...

The Quintinshill Rail Disaster 22 May 1915 - with David Carter.

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David will examine the events surrounding the notorious multi-train rail crash at Quintinshill Junction, near Gretna, when a southbound troop train carrying territorials of the Leith based 1/7th Royal Scots slammed into a local service. With over 220 dead, and a similar number injured, it remains the worst crash in the history of the railways in...