Gabrielle West in Stonehouse - 14 June, 1915

from Diary of Gabrielle West, 14 June 1915, page 7:

Mon: 14th The men gave a sing song. It was very amusing. The melancholy Corpl. sang comic songs, one man played most wonderfully on a mouth organ. I never knew before what a mouth organ could do.
cite as

Gabrielle West, Diary of Gabrielle West, 14 June 1915. In World War I Diary of Miss G. West, volume 6 (City of Alexandria, 2004), p. 7. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1393861517663 accessed: 7 November, 2024

location of experience: Stonehouse

Listeners

Gabrielle West
cook, scullery maid

Experience Information

Date/Time 14 June, 1915
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private

Notes

The location was Standish V. A. Hospital, a Red Cross auxiliary hospital. 'The men' were convalescing soldiers.


Originally submitted by hgb3 on Mon, 03 Mar 2014 15:45:17 +0000