William Norman Collins in Ardersier - June, 1915
from Letter from Norman Collins to his parents, 8 June 1915, pages 41-42:
Dear Father and Mother
I have found time at last to write you a letter. I am now in Fort George, an old condemned fortress... The daily routine of the Seaforths is 6am the pipers wake you up playing "music". Fight your way to the wash basins, wash yourself and keep an eye on your soap (we buy our own).
7 am 1st parade drill and run until 8.
Breakfast.
9.15 2nd parade until
12.30 Dinner
2.0 Route march or drill until 4pm
Teas and swim
9.30 in billet
10.00pm pipers play ‘lights out’.
cite as
Norman Collins, Letter from Norman Collins to his parents, 8 June 1915. In Norman Collins, and Richard Van Emden (ed.), Last Man Standing (Barnsley, 2012), p. 41-42. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1402417197161 accessed: 29 November, 2024
Listeners
Experience Information
| Date/Time | June, 1915 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by hgb3 on Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:19:57 +0100