Chapter
Chapter 2: What Sort of Place Was Britain?
Chapter 3: Sheffield Before the War
Politics, the press and the churches
Housing and local facilities
Medical and welfare services
Entertainment and social activities
Chapter 4: Autumn 1914: British Recruits and Belgian Refugees
The first few months of war
Homeless Belgians come to Sheffield
Chapter 5: Born in Germany, living in Sheffield
Germans in pre-war Britain
Riots, repatriation and internment
What happened to internees?
Naturalized Germans in the city
Chapter 6: 1915 and 1916: Adapting to war
Restrictions, regulations and the Defence of the Realm Act
Sheffield in 1915 and 1916
Propaganda and morale at home
Propaganda from the government
Propaganda from the community
Conscription and military tribunals
Aeroplanes, Zeppelins and government insurance
Hospitals throughout the city
The Third Northern General Hospital
Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs)
Chapter 7: Giving and doing: the City’s Voluntary Work
Contributing clothes, food and vehicles
Chapter 8: Industry Responds to War
Controlled establishments
Dilution and women workers
Working conditions and health
Chapter 9: Sheffield in 1917 and 1918
Conscription, tribunals and conscientious objectors
Prisoners-of-war and influenza
Sheffield in The Great War
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