BBC Radio Nottingham
Places around Nottingham that tell a story of World War One
Newark Town FC: Christmas Truce Recreated
Newark Town FC recreates one of the most famous football games of all time
St Mary’s Church, Nottingham; Remembering the Robin Hood Rifles
The unit that barely survived the war
Holy Trinity Church, Wysall: Thankful for Safe Return
Wysall is one of only four Thankful Villages in Notts which didn't suffer any WW1 losses
Sneinton, Nottingham: Factory Manager Turns Patriotic War Poet
Age couldn’t prohibit him from showing his patriotism
Notts County Football Club: The World’s Oldest Football Club During the War
Football’s defiance when the world was at war
Sneinton, Nottingham: Attack on German Butchers
When German sounding names and streets were Anglicised
Friar Lane Meeting House, Nottingham: Conscience Over Fighting
The largest proportion of those who objected to war did so on grounds of religion
Nottingham High School: Remembering Old Boys and Staff
More than 200 students and masters are remembered at Nottingham High School
Bulwell, Nottingham: When Buying Rounds was Illegal
How the Great War made a lasting impact on Britain’s drinking habits
City Hospital, Nottingham: Parks and Public Spaces Become Makeshift Allotments
By 1917 more than a thousand allotments were created in Nottingham for the war effort
Alma Terrace, Mansfield: One of the First Men to Serve in Tanks
An epic tale of driving into enemy lines surrounded by gunfire
Flintham, Nottinghamshire: Life During the War
Research into village life during the Great War
Turneys Quay, Nottingham: Supplying a Growing Wartime Need for Leather
Demand for leather increased dramatically during WW1, boosting the city’s industry
Sutton Bonnington, Loughborough: The Great Escape
Scene of the largest escape from a British Prisoner of War camp
Bestwood, Nottinghamshire: Coal Mining in War When Most Men Enlisted
The Bestwood Coal & Iron Company, now a park, was one of the largest in Nottinghamshire.
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Zeppelin Raid
Nottingham’s first and only air raid of WW1
Standard Hill, Nottingham: The General Hospital
Coping with the increasing number of wounded soldiers
Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire: Preventing Underage Soldiers
Home to the Mansfield MP who championed the cause to stop ‘boy soldiers’ enlisting
Cycle Road, Nottingham: Bicycles to Bombs
How a bike company evolved during the war; building a prosperous business
Lace Market, Nottingham: How the War Changed Fashion
Changing fashion trends devastated Nottingham’s flourishing lace industry
Mansfield Town Hall, Nottinghamshire: Wave of Patriotism
A Mansfield teacher who lived to 102 to share his patriotic tales
Pearson Centre for Young People, Nottingham: Beeston Boys Brigade
27 men marched to Nottingham to volunteer - 16 returned home
Southwell, Nottinghamshire: Part-time Soldiers
Remembering the territorial soldiers who were mobilised for war
Chilwell, Nottinghamshire: Factory Explosion– Accident or Sabotage?
One of Britain's worst war time disasters
