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This podcast covers a number of letters from John Adams as he is about to go back into the trenches. We conclude the discussion between Mark, Roger and John by looking at their visit to the Somme.
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John Adams spent a large part of February 1916 on home leave back in Ireland. This shorter podcast covers that unusual event.
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Rumours of an air raid over Belfast, a joke between brothers, and the usual concerns for his mother.
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The Easter Rising took place 100 years ago at the end of April 1916. In this podcast, Mark talks with Susan Schreibman and Neale Rooney of the Letters 1916 project. We also have a letter from John Adams’ sister Jeannie referencing the Rising from her home in Holywood, Co. Down.
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John Adams was accidentally wounded in the left hand on the evening of 1 May 1916. This podcast looks at treatment of injured men, and follows John’s letters as he tells his mother what happened.
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This podcast looks at the momentous events of the 1st July 1916, back at Hamel. Then shifts to the contrast of John Adams walking round Rouken Glen park in suburban Glasgow. That is the contrast of war.
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The effects of the 1st day of the Somme as felt at home. And John Adams back in Ireland, closer to home, but still suffering from his injury.
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No letters from John Adams this month, but three postcards from his older sister Jeannie who was a domestic servant in Holywood, Co. Down.
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Letters from John, still recovering from his hand wound at Tipperary, and from Jeannie.
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John getting ready for a long Christmas in Tipperary
This podcast tells the story of John Adams’ war through his letters read by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren 100 years to the month after they were written. You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. The podcast is a Marksmess production.