POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 40

• June 19, 2017 15:19:23 Annick Rodriguez

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  in the courts. If one of the criterions of good water is that it

  should be colourless, this was very bad, as it was of a yellow

  hue.

  We had several visitors. There was Prince Munster - a true

  German  who gave his views on the might of Germany.

  Then there was a visit from the American Ambas[insert] s [/insert] ador.

  And finally from an American called Gaston. He was , so 

  he told me, bringing me out various parcels- I may

  add I have not seen them to this day. He dined in our

  own little mess. Said the dinner was excellent, though

  it was unusually vile, but shied at the caramel beer.

  I had a cigar out of him.

  There was an English Chaplain here. He finally made

  quite a good chapel of the place I first slept in. Called

  it St Lukes- Pews, Alte[insert] a [/insert]r, everything was made by the

  congregation, ^[insert] for [/insert] He had a persuasive tongue. I used to

  go to just look at the crythan[insert] the [/insert]nmums - then gave me a

  kind of restful feeling. Perhaps a strange reason to go to

  church!!

  One used to walk round with various officers- the principle

  topics of conversation being how I [insert] one [/insert] was captured & the

  duration of the war. Nearly everyone was an optimist

  on those days. I was the pes[insert] s [/insert] imist, but even I under-

  estimated it -  I think.

  The German comandant was seldom on view. We had to have 

  our lights out at night at a fixed hour, otherwise we

  or rather I, was not bothered much, the Colonel probably had his

  worries.

  There was a little in[insert]c [/insert] sident over the coal, showing in a

  way the German mind- Our coal ration was just

  sufficient for its purpose. Some really economical minded

  officers however, preferred to go cold & hoard it up for real

  
  

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• June 19, 2017 15:08:37 Annick Rodriguez

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  in the courts. If one of the criterions of good water is that it

  should be colourless, this was very bad, as it was of a yellow

  hue.

  We had several visitors. There was Prince Munster - a true

  German  who gave his views on the might of Germany.

  Then there was a visit from the American Ambas[insert] s [/insert] ador.

  And finally from an American called Gaston. He was , so 

  he told me, bringing me out various parcels- I may

  add I have not seen them to this day. He dined in our

  
  

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