Day: 3 September 2017

by Tony Attwood The war, the population of the UK had been told in August 1914, would be over by Christmas.   But as December dawned it was very clear that this was nonsense.  It was also becoming very clear that this truly was indeed a world war.  A war on a scale never perceived …

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  Here are the Anniversaries from 3 September  – part of our regular daily look at Arsenal’s history. Our most recent article on Arsenal’s history is November 1914: The Times journalist goes to a reserve match without realising it..    The December 1914 report will follow later today. 3 September 1898 John Dick played his first league game …

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