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The Wipers Times Exposé: The Actor, Avesnes, and the Forgotten Evening Edition of the Wipers Times

Oct 15, 2023 · 22 min read · Sherwood Foresters Avesnes-Lez-Aubert Sommerset Light Infantry The Wipers Times Trench Journals The Wipers Times The Better Times The Avesnes Advertiser Wipers Staff Cassell's Magazine J.O. Twiss Fred Roberts Josiah Oliver Twiss Barrow-in-Furness London Theatre Bandmann Circuit Bandmann Comedy Company Violet Blyth Pratt Heritage Play Jessie Belmore Belmore Theatre Family Eugenics Education Society Worm's Eye View Winston Churchill Alfred Balfour Actor Galatic Central 1918 Shell Scandal Lost Generation ·
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In my last piece, about the Printer and the Presses , I mentioned that I had come across a signpost in the second to last issue of the Wipers,now named the Better Times, in relation to the printing of the final two issues. This was the signpost: Our new paper is born in very different circumstances to the old Wipers …

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The Wipers Times Exposé Addendum: Conclusive Proof, the Letters of Thomas Moore Emmanuel Ward, and Other Contributors Identified

Jun 1, 2023 · 18 min read · The Wipers Times The Red Feather Cockles Tumley Wipers Times Contributors Bruce Bairnsfather Beach Thomas Daily Mail Tatler Sabretache Dorothy Violet Hall Thomas Moore Emmanuel Ward Fred Roberts Stanley Melbourne Mohr Captain W.J. Asher Richard Donald Bell Woods FWW Publications Nottingham Nottinghamshire Archives Nottingham Electrical City Department Nottingham Freemasons Sherwood Foresters Shipstones Brewery Soldier Poets H. Smalley Samson Trench Journals Violet's Chronicle of Fashion Ypres ·
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Following on from the previous article, I got my first lead regarding tracking down the identity of Violet, of 'Violets Chronicle of Fashion', in the form of letters written by Thomas Moore Emmanuel Ward (1895-1947). Ward was a Lieutenant in the 12th Battalion (Pioneers) Sherwood Foresters as well as a contributor to …

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