<p>On this day in 1917, an appeal was issued in the Times for women workers to help at YMCA recreation huts in France, and in North Shields, Iris Reed plans some entertainment of her own. </p><p>Written by Sarah Daniels
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole
Sound: Martha Littlehailes</p>

18 January 1917 - DR Walker

Drama serial tracking the fortunes of a group of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.