William Monk, Diary 1917 of an allotment run by Clayton-le-Moors Working Mens Club, item 24

• November 1, 2017 18:30:25 Thomas A. Lingner

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  1917

  21

  May.

  of those members, who have
  

  neither been hewers of wood,
  

  nor carriers of water, in this
  

  patriotic work. Writing of water,
  

  "Oh the gallons, we have carried
  

  100 yds. at a stretch, have we
  

  walked with the watering
  

  can. Perhaps if it had been B---  beer? brandy? 
  

  that was required to soak them
  

  with we might have had more
  

  help. We also had the celery
  

  to set that R. Dickenson brought
  

  from Oswaldtwistle our best thanks
  

  are due to him, for his time and
  

  labour in setting them, and his

  diligent attention in the growing
  

  of them. We had two trenches of
  

• November 1, 2017 18:30:10 Thomas A. Lingner

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  1917

  21

  May.

  of those members, who have
  

  neither been hewers of wood,
  

  nor carriers of water, in this
  

  patriotic work. Writing of water,
  

  "Oh the gallons, we have carried
  

  100 yds. at a stretch, have we
  

  walked with the watering
  

  can. Perhaps if it had been B---  beer? brandy? 
  

  that was required to soak them
  

  with we might have had more
  

  help. We also had the celery
  

  to set that R. Dickenson brought
  

  from Oswaldtwistle our best thanks
  

  are due to him, for his time and
  

  labour in setting them, and his

  diligent attention in the growing
  

  of them. We had two trenches of
  

  
  

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• March 8, 2017 19:51:20 Elizabeth Ferro

  1917 May.                                21
  

  of those members, who have
  

  neither been hewers of wood,
  

  nor carriers of water, in this
  

  patriotic work. Writing of water,
  

  "Oh the gallons, we have carried
  

  100 yds. at a stretch, have we
  

  walked with the watering
  

  can. Perhaps if it had been B---
  

  that was required to soak them
  

  with we might have had more
  

  help. We also had the celery
  

  to set that R. Dickenson brought
  

  from Oswaldtwistle our best thanks
  

  are due to him, for his time and
  

  labour in setting them, and his

  diligent attention in the growing
  

  of them. We had two trenches of
  

  
  

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• March 8, 2017 00:12:16 Elizabeth Ferro

  1917 May.
  

  of those members, who have
  

  neither been hewers of wood,
  

  nor carriers of water, in this
  

  patriotic work. Writing of water,
  

  "Oh the gallons, we have carried
  

  100 yds. at a stretch, have we
  

  walked with the watering
  

  can. Perhaps if it had been B---
  

  that was required to soak them
  

  with we might have had more
  

  help. We also had the celery
  

  to set that R. Dickenson brought
  

  from Oswaldtwistle our best thanks
  

  are due to him, for his time and
  

  labour in setting them, and his

  diligent attention in the growing
  

  of them. We had two trenches of
  

  
  

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