![]() ![]() Despite daily casualty lists, food shortages and enemy bombing, Londoners are determined to get on with their lives and flock to cinemas, theatres, dance halls and shebeens, firmly resolved not to let Germans or puritans spoil their enjoyment. Peopled with patriots and pacifists, clergymen and thieves, bluestockings and prostitutes, Jerry White's magnificent panorama reveals a struggling yet flourishing city. At night London is plunged into darkness for fear of German bombers and Zeppelins that continually raid the city. As the war drags on, gloom often descends on the capital. ![]() Self-appointed moral guardians seize the chance to clamp down on drink, frivolous entertainment and licentious behaviour. Women escaped the drudgery of domestic service to work as munitionettes and full employment put money into the pockets of London's poor for the first time. ![]() Jerry White's book, Zeppelin Nights: London in the First World War, examines how the conflict changed the lives of Londoners forever. ![]()
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