POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 85

• June 21, 2017 20:52:26 Annick Rodriguez

                                                 43.

  An hour after appel. One used thus to attend appel more or less

  in pajamas &, a great coat with a towel. [insert] to show where bound. [/insert] Later the bath

  place was open before appel, but this meant much the same

  thing on the return journey. Appel was I think 8.30 &

  breakfast was served  before it, that is, coffee & bread. We

  used as a rule to have a cup of coffee on rising & cook

  our breakfast after appel.

  Appel was done first by rooms & then by nationalities as

  an extra check, with the result that it used to take from

  20 minutes to half an hour.

  During this function the gate of our yard was locked &

  one was never permitted out, till it was ll over.

  It was in June when I came over this side. From the

  windows in the passage one  got a view of the Elbe &

  the island beyond. From any of the exercise grounds

  ones view was extremely limited.

  The Germans now introduced a new idea of parcels- That is

  every one had a box with his name on it. All tins were

  taken away on arrival & deposited in the box & could only

  be drawn before appel. This worked all night for a period

  till some Belgian or French officer complained that he

  had lost some tins- After this we had a more complicated

  system of book keeping. Packets were given out by national-

  -ities. a list being posted  on the door. One then went

  in in ones turn. It was generally a case of a long delay

  Ultimately I found it generally paid not to go at all, for

  in the end they sent for you.  I think the parcels as a

  whole arrived very much at this camp

  In the early days we used to play a certain amount of

  stump cricket. Before I left Schornhorst we had had two.

  
  

• June 21, 2017 20:51:16 Annick Rodriguez

                                                 43.

  An hour after appel. One used thus to attend appel more or less

  in pajamas &, a great coat with a towel. [insert] to show where bound. [/insert] Later the bath

  place was open before appel, but this meant much the same

  thing on the return journey. Appel was I think 8.30 &

  breakfast was served  before it, that is, coffee & bread. We

  used as a rule to have a cup of coffee on rising & cook

  our breakfast after appel.

  Appel was done first by rooms & then by nationalities as

  an extra check, with the result that it used to take from

  20 minutes to half an hour.

  During this function the gate of our yard was locked &

  one was never permitted out, till it was ll over.

  It was in June when I came over this side. From the

  windows in the passage one  got a view of the Elbe &

  the island beyond. From any of the exercise grounds

  ones view was extremely limited.

  The Germans now introduced a new idea of parcels- That is

  every one had a box with his name on it. All tins were

  taken away on arrival & deposited in the box & could only

  be drawn before appel. This worked all night for a period

  till some Belgian or French officer complained that he

  had lost some tins- After this we had a more complicated

  system of book keeping. Packets were given out by national-

  -ities. a list being posted  on the door. One then went

  in in ones turn. It was generally a case of a long delay

  Ultimately I found it generally paid not to go at all, for

  in the end they sent for you.  I think the parcels as a

  whole arrived very much at this camp

  
  

  
  

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• June 21, 2017 20:44:39 Annick Rodriguez

                                                 43.

  An hour after appel. One used thus to attend appel more or less

  in pajamas &, a great coat with a towel. [insert] to show where bound. [/insert] Later the bath

  place was open before appel, but this meant much the same

  thing on the return journey. Appel was I think 8.30 &

  breakfast was served  before it, that is, coffee & bread. We

  used as a rule to have a cup of coffee on rising & cook

  our breakfast after appel.

  
  

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