POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 110

• June 22, 2017 21:03:32 Annick Rodriguez

                                                                                        53.

  [insert] X The contractor was ordered to the front when the job was about 

               finished -and got wildly drunk on the strength of it. [/insert]

  the allies were very long suffering, for as a rule they took

  it all in good part.  Matches were played for plat de sois

  & very strange games were fixed up. During the winter

  the Germans constructed huts in the field & by spring

  when the snow had cleared away golf was no longer

  possible.

  As soon as possible we set about erecting a squash ra[insert] c [/insert] quet

  court. As there were under 20 of us. This cost a considerable

  outlay. It was also doubtful how long we might be

  [insert] However on the whole we got a quite reasonable contract fixed up [/insert]

  here. However when constructed I think it was a great

  success. I had the honour of being secretary of this club. X

  When the weather was bad one could always get 3/4 hour

  of real hard exercise. In 1916 the camp began to fill

  up with English & the reco[insert] u [/insert]rses of teh club got more &

  more boxed. When I left in Dec 1916 there were about

  40 members. This was not merely so satisfactory. For one

  only got the court once in 3 or 4 days & then probably

  at an hour when one did not want to play. After a

  year of playing when one liked it was a nuisance.

  But of course although we had paid for it & taken the

  risk of not using it we could not adopt a policy of dog

  in the manger. In any case I must say I got most

  excellent value out of it.

  In the spring of 1915 walks rather under one a week were

  allowed on signing a paper that one would not escape.

  Personally for reasons which I am not going to touch I did

  not join the walking party for nearly 3 months. The

  first walks were under the commandant. He was old

  & fat but he used to get a considerable distance at

  a very slow pace. The French & Belgians also came.

  
  

  
  

• June 22, 2017 20:53:01 Annick Rodriguez

                                                                                        53.

  [insert] X The contractor was ordered to the front when the job was about 

               finished -and got wildly drunk on the strength of it. [/insert]

  the allies were very long suffering, for as a rule they took

  it all in good part.  Matches were played for plat de sois

  & very strange games were fixed up. During the winter

  the Germans constructed huts in the field & by spring

  when the snow had cleared away golf was no longer

  possible.

  As soon as possible we set about erecting a squash ra[insert] c [/insert] quet

  court. As there were 

  
  

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• June 22, 2017 20:51:39 Annick Rodriguez

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  [insert] X The contractor was ordered to the front when the job was about 

               finished -and got wildly drunk on the strength of it. [/insert]

  the allies were very long suffering, for as a rule they took

  it all in good part.  Matches were played for plat de sois

  & very strange games were fixed up. During the winter

  the Germans constructed huts in the field & by spring

  when the snow had cleared away golf was no longer

  possible.

  As soon as possible we set about erecting a 

  
  

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