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- escorts going about two miles farther on to B ram well Hospital.
The rest were marched through town out to Cherryhinton Hospital, about two miles, I was with the latter party. We were dismissed about three o'clock and after obtaining a late pass started for town with the primary objeot of seeing the-University.
Spent about three hours going through the various colleges, and enjoyed every minute. The buildings are all old and weather beaten, but the grounds are beautiful. The River Cam, from which the city derives its name,.runs through most of the grounds.
One of the colleges, Trinity,.is used now as an officers' training school,.and we bumped into one of them, dressed in civies.
Wen he found out that we were Canadians, he said "Wait a minute, there's a private here from Canada, you’ll know him, I'll fetch him." But we were in a hurry so didn't trouble him. Were shown the Chapel in St, Johns College where Oliver Cromwell stabled his horses. Also saw the study where William Wordsworth wrote some of his poems.
About six o'clock the pangs of hunger O'ercome us, so we wandered into a tea shop and satisfied the cravings of the inner man by indulging in ham and. Seems to me that this must be the favorite dish for Canadians over here, as al the restaurants and tea rooms have placards up. Almost dark when we came out again, and as there seemed to be lots of girls walking around thought it would be a shame to go back without making the acquaintance of a few, Goldie and I paired off and were very successful, as we saw two couples home. One of the girls called me "a saucy kipper" beoause I asked her if she wasn't going to kiss me goodnight. I.c may have been a fish, but at any rate she did. An awful confession for your "Angel" to make isn't it, but you.know the saying "If a feller only was the feller his mother thinks he is".. Don't imagine for one minute that I make a general practise of this, for such is not the case, but a fellow has to talk to a girl once in a while, so when you don't know any, you just have to do the best you can.
We put up at the hospital for the night, and in the morning took 40 back to the station to be joined by 35 more from B ram well * Left about 10 o'clock and arrived in Liverpool St. Station at 11.30 Over 60 miles, so pretty quick work. Marched from there through' the streets of London to Cannon St. Station, Needless to say, my eyes were here there, and everywhere. The district we passed \/ through was the heart of the financial district, Lombard St. Of course we had the right of way, and as the escorts have to walk to one side of the parade, didn't miss anything. It was amazing how quickly a blockade would form when the cop held ut> his hand.
Big double decker busses passing in droves, Took about twenty minutes to walk between the stations, and from Cannon St. took a train to London Bridge, there to catch the train for Shomoliffe. Had a swell view of London Bridge as the train pulled out.
Arrived at Shomoliffe about 4,30 P.M. and marched to the hospital, were dismissed, then Tom Pascoe and I caught a bus for Polks tone,
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