George Douglas Brush, item 58

• March 13, 2018 10:32:20 Jessica Adkins

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  rule out; which of the other two has fallen to him we cannot

  guess - in the quiet county village nothing much does

  occur to bring "greatness", a runaway house or a riddie

  tumbling into a pond may hardly give scope for great

  deeds - "we wait and perhaps monday morning

  we shall "see" - he certainly is having a good time at 

  the V.A.D. hospital, and the whole countryside seem

  to vie with one another to give the Tommies a good time

  so good that he does not appear to hanker after a sick

  furlough to come home just yet. We are glad indeed

  that his lines have fallen in such pleasant places! and

  hope it means for him a complete restoration to perfect health

  Stan still at the signalling school, and in turn says

  he expects he will be send home with train fever, being stuffed

  so full of electrical information. He has going as a rifleman

  there, and will be turned out a trained Electrical Engineer"

  Knowledge however is never lost, and an extra string to

  the bow is good in the long run."

  Did you note the bit in the "Star" I marked! What a shame

  if the W.D do issue an order that "no cake is to be sent

  to the forces. Why such a thing should be mooted passes

  any comprehension, in these days its one of the joys of 

  sacrifice to send, and to stop such would mean no 

  save, but simply the home consumption instead at 

  least that's how I look at it! Already there is plenty of 

  
  

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