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Our History Group has been awarded £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for our new project, The Impact and Legacy of the First World War on our Neighbourhood.
The late 19th and early 20th century was a time of rapid expansion in South Bank, as railway and factory workers flooded in.
Aerial bombing of Britain began in January 1915. By the end of the War it accounted for some 1,417 deaths, and 3,400 injuries.
Research so far about the lives of those commemorated on our local First World War memorials has shown us some touching insights into many aspects of their lives.
In 1910 over 1,000 children were enrolled at Scarcroft School: 323 in the Infants and 852 in the mixed Juniors and Seniors, up to the age of fourteen. This was over three times the number enrolled today.
One of the ways in which the First World War impacted dramatically on the Home Front in our area was in restricting the availability of basic foodstuffs, especially when German U boat campaigns took effect.
Edward Hope Hawthorne was a teacher at Scarcroft School in the years before the First World War, who became the first Headmaster of the special Scout School in York.
Members of our local history group have been researching the role of women in the First World War.
Throughout continental Europe from the 18th century onwards, conscription to military service was normal everywhere but Britain, which had traditionally held out against compulsory service.
One of our group members, Peter Nolan, is particularly interested in exploring local evidence about mental health nursing during World War 1, especially in relation to conscription and conscientious objectors:
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