Stockport in the Great War

by Glynis Cooper

Interest in the theft of cucumbers initially took precedence over news that war had been declared, but Stockport rallied quickly. Wakes week was cancelled, the local 6th Battalion of the Cheshires went to the Front and the town transformed half of its schools into much-needed military hospitals. Admirably, the remaining schools coped with double the number of children but education suffered little.

At the time, Stockport was two towns; the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473833787
• ISBN13: 9781473833784
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 128 Pages