There were shortages and, for many families, little reason to celebrate Christmas in 1917 but commerce encouraged celebration.
Re-drawing the county boundary
Snow 100 years ago also disrupted schooling. The log-book for Monken Hadley Infants School (HALS/HEd2/4/2) recorded: 24 Feb 1916: Snow so deep ...
The watercolour paintings shown here are just some of the numerous images in the County Views collection that is held at HALS ...
