GM1914: First World War Stories [electronic resource] : The Greater Manchester Archives and Local Studies Partnership
Partnership, Greater Manchester Archives and Local Studies2016
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2014 marked the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The Greater Manchester Archives and Local Studies Partnership realised that they held a wealth of information on the Great War in their collections, so working together they set up a volunteers’ project to research and share some of the stories from their archives.Making use of the power of social media, a blog, GM1914, was set up.GM1914 has been used to share stories from the Greater Manchester area.It is hoped that it will also be a resource for the future, publicising thefascinating historical information held in the local collections of Wigan, Tameside, Stockport, Salford, Trafford, Bury, Oldham, Bolton, Rochdale and Manchester.Volunteers from a wide range of ages and backgrounds have been exploringcollections, seeking out the personal and local stories relating to the Great War.From diaries, letters and newspaper articles there are tales of torpedoed ships, eye witness accounts from the trenches and munitions factory fraud.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Greater Manchester Archives and Local Studies Partnership, 2016
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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2221368234878
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English
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2739669
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