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vt tlw geottowit hcnu wxfedy june 3rd 1042 bert colmwi writes interesting letter to herald from england eouiid lay u wo sdlter owthon herald dmt friend wd st lot t am making start as another letter to you i un sorry you enr received my zmu letter bat now that huhui put i wont to iota that again well i un having good urn over her and i think most all tur boy from oeorretcwn are too or the mart part it u real quiet do you know tor the am fit and e hall month x wma here i nner beard a ttrta till on sunday nkht lost month wben t was tn chichester lor a week- cod the siren vent that sunday night shout pin and the allclear went about s10 pffl and not one person oo the tret stopped or took any notice of it but i have heard them three time tine then one nignt ener- were some bomba dropped some vera cot many mllee away and they rattled our window and shook our but i endnl have to get up aa x wai sent on aju that week you see the week w are on ajlp we are c b for the week tut i took a look around outside but it was cold and dark and i did not have much more than my birthday suit on so t soon tot back into bed well bow would you like to know how my friend and x spent our seven- day leave about au weeks ago it was as you will read a nice quiet irate 111 pjl it down just about aa it was but tin just remember it was just two old married men out to see what the could see march uth iit at 9 am oot to xusiemere and at ii am tot our train or london arrived there at wsterkoo about 1210 now took the under ground train boy how they can to then we tot a alow train to glasgow at i pm we arrived tn olasgow about 10jo pm we were all set tor some thing to eat by then the last eats we had was at 7 jo am but tint we to looking or a bed you know that l two things we do like to eat and sleep we stayed at the soldiers btllrt lor that night but before we turned in or the night we had a lunch but one night there was enough the bed were too much like camp beds and thrre were sji in the room and at carop t only had sixty sleeping in our room o in the morning we paid our six pence then out we go to ns a look at the yjaxa club the lint one ua pence a night au in one room second one su in one room nlnepence third one yaicv club two single beds in- a nice room with hot and cold water and a key for the door taehe shill ings for five nights yes what a day march 13th not much to eat could not find the right place but we walked around a lot got lost so we went to a show at most of the shows we got in for hslfprtce when we came out 01 the show it only took us two hours to find our way back to the yjxca club oh i forgot to tell you we just bad to ro up au flights of stairs to get to our room so anytime we were eolng back to our room we stopped in for a lunch march uth up at 130 hud a good meal of bacon and sausage rolls and tea that cost us each 1 shilling 1 pence then we went out again and soon got lost but came to the clyde river followed it for a lime and then we found a museum there were a lot ot uptons trophies in it and a lot of other things but aa you might know all the real old relics had been put away for safekeeping then we saw a stockyard took a look in and no one said stay out so in we go well we found a lot of men killing sheep in there i never saw things killed so last before in just 23 minutes four men killed ten sheep cut oft their heads and feet skinned them sawed open their breast bone and hung them up about so or 60 men were in that room and a lot more that dressed the sheep and others cleaning up etvery man had his own job to do i under stand they handle over 21000 sheep a week there i can see now how we get so much mutton to eat then we had a good dinner of spuds gravy sausage bread beans and cake that cost us 1 shilling 4 pence each by then we were tired so took in another show then fish and chips for supper found our way back home wrote a letter had lunch and to bed by 10 pm saturday 14th up by 8 im had some more to eat and took a walk out across the clyde to get some pictures we hod token a day or so before and once more we got lost but only for an houi or so but all the tune we were seeing glasgow then we camo back to the y for dinner then we had a sleep till 330 pm we went to look up a friends glrltrlend they are to be married next month wo had a letter to jive her tram mac but we got the urcng car but as we had lots ot time we stayed on the car to sec where it was going it was one ot those jttgh doubledeck oats in glasgow you can go from one end of the hn to the other tor one penny it took us almost two noun to go out and back on that car there you just run and jump on while they are going or get off the same way most ot the time if you con do it we got oft that way we saw quite a lot ot bomb damage taut it was mostly all nice homes and stores whan we got bock we went into same of the stores then found a nice place to eat yes the said they had scrambled eggs and toast for supper but boy how i would like to see the hen that laid those ens but we had tea and cake with them all for 1 shilling 8 pence bo then we tut the right car and soon found the places we were looking for we found maos young lady just 44 years old so we took ner and her girl friend just 47 out tor coffee funny coffee in hotels on a tray with a glass but we just bad three rounds out it was the handset place to go into there was a nand tttfre sod grand thick osrpetson tn floor mta in cutsway outs stand h eouart blacfc tie to abow you to yowr seat when there was one to show you mv left that about 030 to go oct v u dolman eed to sm the town boys again and to think they bar eoly been it miles from me roost of the time i was sorry i could not get around to see a lot son ot them in on or two other camps close around there but l bad to be in around 1040 and it was a real short week i was around to see the fellows five nights out ot the me i was sorry i enuld not get around to see them saturday afternoon but i had to to back to our own camp to get some things for some of our of- llceee- but i am going back to see them again the first chance i get- i guvs i should try and tell you a little about the country around here we are having some boring weather just now we had a nice utile rain the other day which put a stop to the bush fin for a day or two we have had a lot of bush brer the last week or so i think it la the young boys that start them because any time there la one whloh la often 2 or 3 times a day there are always from 1 to 4 boys there first and they all uve a long ways away it ever the wind gets warm it will be nice around here all the wild oowere or owning out tn bloom no there are some lovely homes around here but what keeps me wondering la how and why so many have great big homes so fsr apart and back in the bush well i guess 111 have to dose this for the time bo wishing you and your staff the bast ot luck ill say good night tor this time and look tat aomg aaja we found some uan and cups stag bad a good supper tnen we took th girls rack home and started for the v and for the lint tune we did not get lost and w were home before it pm sunday 1mb up at sjo am had something to eat and started out for church as e did not hstr anyone to tea us to ro to church wr started to look for the blgtett we could find we found a good big one we went up tn the gallery of it and we enjoyed u too then we put in the afternoon rid ing on the street cars and walking all around glasgow unucrslty while on the streetcar we taw a parade fctmlng up so we got off to hae a looksee there were ajip workers home ousrds fireman and police a pipe band and a salvation army band it was juvt s year tlnce the big blita ot the clyde bank then we had din ner got another car back to thr v and got washed up to go and hae supper with macs girl we had a real supper boy the scotch sure feed vou good we got back to thr y by 0 4 pm march 10th up at 7 am had some eau and left glasgow at oao em but on the way to the train we stopped in a store and aired some flowers i home for our tddlng snnhmary my friend was 10 yean msrrled april 14th and t wss 18 years married on apru i8th we armed in edinburgh 1 10 a m oot lost again gee how you can get lost over here had dinner found a place to sleep st the over seas club not so good as the y club we had three beds tn the room the beds are hard and the room cold but ve thought it woold do for one night after dinner wr took a walk all up around the old castle gee it is nice up there and au around 11 i don t kno how high the rock is that the castle u built on but it is up high enough to look over most any part of edinburgh then we hsd supper it cost more to eat here and you dldn t bet so much and there are not so many p sees to eat but there is a bank on most every corner and somt times in between oee no wonder they say the sects can save money for they can bank it before they have time to spend it we took in another show here then thought it was time to go to bed but i was wrong that time oh yes got to bed ok but about that time in comes another fellow looking for his bed but there was a fellow in his bed and he took on hour and a halt to tell me the fellow had his bed then another two hours to wake this fellow up and tell him hes in the wrong bed and get the fellow another bed well they get another bed o k but back they come to wake the fellow up to tell hlrn he could stay there bull there wasnt any need of that for he could not lcavr anyhow under his own steam well starch 17th we went out to the zoo to see our friends boy how they can climb but that is a grand place i wish i could have seen it be fore the war it is nearly all on a rocky lullside well we stayed there about 3 hours i took 4 or 5 snaps while there most of them i have sent home i hope the fish dont get them then we camo back to the city again had some more to eat and got our train back to olasgow at 0 40 pm was in olargaw by 745 pm had some more to eat and got our train back to lon don wo travelled all night and what trains to try and sleep in you just dont sleep it was about 8 am when we arrived in london we did not haw much time to stay there so wc just walked around and took a bus to tho zoo we wanted to see th wux works too but cud not have time the london zoo is nice but not like the one at edinburgh we saw a lot of london tor the tune we were there some paru of london have been hit hard but ther is a lot of london there yet to see well our tunc is getting snort now it ts 8 pan and wo are on our train again headed hack to camp wc turned in our passes at 8 is just 3 and threequarters ot an hour early and that was a lot better than that much late for that much late wc would havo been doing pack drill for three hours a night lor the next five days well that was my 7day leave last week x was out to another camp four of us went with ten officers and that turned out to be a real old home week for mo one of our four was broke the outer two were in three days so you can guess how they put in their time as for myelfwell i was only five minutes walk from the camp where a lot of the lome soots ore stationed i met about 16 of the boys from home from oct 1041 till i met them i had only met three boys from home here are some ot the boys i met ond all looked good and seem to be having a good time major j r barber i n barber opl t warnssxjtu bui young lopl j watson lcpl rocky lorusso jos itsvimataon gordon and bruov barley buffer bveroon j arahsm j williamson hank momanemy nick brown ouff mcdonald n har low r a edwards oee but it was i remain icrtooluan blisgs our a z oolman no 3 cajitj hq bty cn u oanadlan army overseas woaen0ver40 fed weapon old gsawt jswrwaw nat wat mfajst 1 ti sjs i vvuwttli aaylgga 1w tr wtigwy ttiwis waawrtaawh in our mail bag- dear mr kdltor it givea us much pleasure to an nounce that the second urge m cu foot boa ot clothing weighing mb the addressed to mrs lttttry orris da house trtyvm has left georgetown and is on us way to fnglanrt it was truly thrilling to see all the work put into making the childrens dmni sap panties vests and night gowns etc one would think there bad been a sewing competition among the ladle ot oaorgetowa and brampton districts to say nothing of th beauti fully knitted bonnets sweaters socks mitt and ladles wool vs and s number ot womens dresses tittle girls jumper dresses too the little new slippers will be a delight to so many utile tot to wear thank to mrs firming kindness from mrs bett- rtdfe and family came a valuable donation ot all kinds of new garments of babys boy and gins also a num ber of pillow cases towels and wash canada can never be expressed in dotns to be forwarded to a hospital anywhere tn fngtsrul there were lao quilts large and small and a crib blanket brought in by kind hearted people who uve quit a few miles out of town th large box waa donated b y mr j bingham ot alliance paper mills ltd who very graciously bound it with steel nlndlngt and made it ready for supping to pay frrtgbt expenses mrs k preston and mrs swan as sisted by mr it kinsley of norvaj soucued names and embroidered them on a quilt which will be quilted by mrs preston and enclosed in the next box one only has to see all these gifts to now how much the people of uu4 country sympathise with the suffer ing people in orrst britain in a let ter recenuy received by mrs loud un massey writes mere words can not evpreas my rrautude to you and au your friends for the emertng col lection of glfta the sacrifices ot the people here are indescribable but their gratitude to the kind friends in words all the clothing luu been dutnbuted thank you arsln to much yours sincerely alice vincent mssiey there were not only gifts ot cloth ing but cash donors among them a rnaxwyw hobbca ittfimillis bssetsbst i a pretty ksavy till far lk veey eksrtalaf isdy wtsas task h it u kela caaaalaa kiaiiwlne la ks uuir tarter ssb staeksd wttkawt satxtftrug twaauy i sen a illy aad swtrisusss u ike sslstr tail us gaaradlaa keg casi ts wes fed aad rrmaylnlly rsa ay a htu jllih sliantag a4 gansul u mrs hilsiw ruas eastswuats ms i ctlca artital ru u wis maylh artery waerrnsty as 13 asm tovt aad every weekday sural at leas cot she i at ua aslrraalsane u mta use aa- wsratlm sautrese et use bslret dutchman who escaped from holland who can relate many horrible ln rldrnta ot the nsa tyranny tn the occupied counlrtrv 8o mar we thank vou all for thr privilege of forwarding your rills to the people in brltsin it is only through your generosity snd help thst such tsrge boxes csn be tent- quite a number of new and some almost new clothes are ready for an other boa so hurry folks let ul keep the boses going this invltaunn is open to au gifts can be left with mrs swan ii queen street cast brampton or mrs k prwton empire lunch booms georgetown res bailx rmsda 8om folks take their newspaper just uk a snack and nibble the parts thy claam titling while other devour it from front to the back and make a tun meal at each 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