A blog post by Stuart Gibbs.
The aftermath of the 1915 shell scandal saw an extensive push to increase arms production with the conversion of existing industry to war work and new plants created around the country. Vast numbers of women were employed to fill these new centres in the dangerous work of armament manufacture. Many munitions factories operated like mini cities with in house hospitals, shops, libraries and an extensive recreational programme and sports for which football would play a big part.
