Woman's Hour Women and the War - a young widow's story - a podcast by BBC Radio

How a night out to Manchester’s Palace Theatre in 1914 was to change forever the lives of Kitty and her young husband Percy Morter. Looking back, Kitty describes the moment when music hall star Vesta Tilley put her hand on her husband’s shoulder and recruited him to the war effort. The archive interview from 1964 is being made available today through World War One At Home, a BBC and Imperial War Museums partnership.
Jane Garvey is joined by Imperial War Museum curator Laura Clouting to talk about the projects.
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