The Accrington Pals (1985)

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by Peter Whelen

Directed by Pip Piacentino

Performances: Sat 16th – Sun 17th February (Sun Matinee & Evening performances) 1985, Prompt Corner


Introduction

In 1916 the British Army, running out of cannon fodder for the trenches, introduced a policy of recruitment based on enticing men into the army from the same towns. Lord Mayors were encouraged to call for volunteers from the same towns and the famous Pals regiments were formed. Accrington, a small town in Lancaster, was the smallest town in England to field a full batallion of a thousand men. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme "the Pals" were in the front line that walked towards the German trenches believing the generals' promise that it would be a pushover. Contemporary accounts say that there was not a family in Accrington that had not lost a father, son or brother. One woman lost her husband and three sons. The effect on the town was so disasterous that the government dropped the policy almost immediately.

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