Christmas Day Postcard from Joseph Mahon, item 8

• December 19, 2016 15:17:32 Paul Broyles

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  offer myself again for enlistment, but 

  the following lines will show that they 

  thought wrong. The last week in August 

  several of my fellow employees out of 

  the same Office had volunteered and 

  been accepted. Now that upset me 

  altogether especially when they came 

  down to the Office in Khaki. Anyhow 

  on Saturday Sept 4th I was walking 

  through Albert Square about lunch 

  time on my way home, having finished 

  for the day. I was just nearing the 

  Town Hall (Mount St Corner) when I was 

  accosted by one of the Boys in Khaki. 

  He asked me if I was thinking of joining 

  up, and I replied in the affirmative 

  but I did'nt think they'd take me 

  as I'd been refused three or four times. 

  I told him when + where and all the facts, 

  whereupon he proceeded to inform me 

  that things are different now, they're

  not so particular, they'll take anything, 

  and invited me to step inside. But 

  I remained furus + I wasn't having any 

  just then, I told him I'd think about 

  it over the week-end and see what 

  Monday brought.

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