Newhaven’s Women & Children

In 1911, there were 2,323 women of working age living in Newhaven, yet only 475 of them had jobs. This was set to change when war broke out in August 1914. As the men left to serve on land and sea, their jobs were filled by those either too young or too old to enlist, or by women.

The war also impacted on Newhaven children. When the Boys’ School was taken over by the military, the boys found themselves split between the Church Room and the Congregational Chapel. Eventually they shared the Girls’ School, with boys and girls alternating mornings and afternoons.

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