Growing up through the Great War

A compilation of articles, several republished from Hampshire: the County Magazine, giving a fascinating picture of the author's life in Winchester, Portsmouth and nearby districts, during World War One.

Topics include Christmas before the Great War, Muffin Man, The Coming of War, Going to School at St Cross, Marching through St Cross, Wartime in West Sussex, Wartime in Colden Common: going to church, Wartime in Colden Common: children's games, Armistice Day in Portsmouth.