in Dieppe - late , month unknown, 1918

from War Classics: The Remarkable Memoir of Scottish Scholar Christina Keith on the Western Front, page 60:

Besides sending Instructors to the camps, we advertised ourselves and our classes at the School.... 'Come and Learn how to Write a Story,' and under that head I read or told how the few best stories in English had been written. 'French' did not need to be camouflaged as everybody... wanted to learn it....'German' at this stage nobody wanted to learn.... Then there was the singing class. No shyness to come forward here. The Base Commandant led the way and the entire Base seemed ready to follow him. It is not often you get the chance of yelling louder than your Commander and not being punished …   more >>
cite as

Christina Keith, and Flora Johnston (ed.), War Classics: The Remarkable Memoir of Scottish Scholar Christina Keith on the Western Front (Stroud, 2014), p. 60. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1399822742054 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Dieppe

Experience Information

Date/Time late , month unknown, 1918
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Christina was a lecturer with the British Army's education scheme.


Originally submitted by hgb3 on Sun, 11 May 2014 16:39:02 +0100