William Dove in Shepherd's Bush - August, 1914
from Forgotten Voices of the Great War, page 9:
War had been declared, and the following Sunday I went with a friend of mine to Shepherd’s Bush Empire to see the film show. At the end they showed the Fleet sailing the high seas and played ‘Britons Never Shall Be Slaves’ and ‘Hearts of Oak’. And you know one feels that little shiver run up the back and you know you have got to do something. I had just turned seventeen at that time and on the Monday I went up to Whitehall - Old Scotland Yard - and enlisted in the 16th Lancers.
cite as
Max Arthur (ed.), Forgotten Voices of the Great War (London, 2002), p. 9. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1401957857138 accessed: 2 January, 2025
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Hearts of Oak | |
Rule Britannia
written by Thomas Arne |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | August, 1914 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:44:17 +0100