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Description: | Ts (privately printed) account (87pp), written in 1922, of her volunteer canteen work with the YMCA based at Hut 15, Harfleur, France (July 1915 - November 1918) providing details of the gradual improvements and additions made to the hut, including her development of a garden, and the later additions of a reading room, a library and a gramophone, the daily life and routine in the hut, and the types of refreshments, activities and entertainment provided there. Her account also includes vivid descriptions of her fellow female workers (as well as often rather sharp comments regarding their varying levels of usefulness) and of the men who visited the hut.
Cataloguer AAM
Catalogue date 2002-04-12 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Wilson, J M | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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