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1914 – ww1: How did those who oppose the war act when the rumblings of conflict started?
The Hendersons
What you need to know before your trail
This is the story of the Henderson family: William, a Sheffield barber, his wife, Lydia, and his four children, Matthew, Joe, Bob and Amy. William being a fervent churchman, lay preacher and pacifist, opposes the church’s call to arms and he and the rest of the family find themselves in a different kind of war, one which appears to have no end.
Travel Guide
The life of a typical Sheffield family and what those who objected to war had to go through – in a city which had its fair share of bombings and unrest. Many people including the Hendersons were Conscientious Objectors. This was a dark world to be in – people who objected to war were shunned or ridiculed. Many didn’t understand why they didn’t want to support and fight for their country as they saw it.
Sheffield Town Hall
But the novel illustrates the horror of the war and the bombs on the battlefield. There is also the horrors albeit self- inflicted of prison life in nearby Lincoln prison where one character is held. The Town Hall is where they would go to collect their envelopes sending them to war.
Sheffield is the hub of a view on the political world and landscape of that time – the politics, the propaganda and more. In the days before war, the movement to avoid it was loud and strong. It’s a town of halls – Victoria amongst them where meetings are held and even choir practice – showcasing the sense of community at the time.
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Author/Guide: Daphne Glazer Destination: Sheffield Departure Time: 1914 – WW1
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