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John Haworth Drewry Letters

Letters from John Haworth Drewry to his parents. Learn more.

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BC Archives MS-3140

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THE CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICES LTD. MANAGERS AND AGENTS FOR CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY OCEAN STEAMSHIP LINES THE ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED

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off with the gentleman's prize. Tommy's muse, Sister Denyes and an English girl, Miss Martin, donned R.F.C. uniforms and looked quite smart. It was really wonderful, the affects produced with the small amount of material available. There were sailors, stewards, nurses, negroes, Turks, Arabs, bucaneers, Bowery toughs, and several very masculine looking young ladies who were to be seen smoking cigars or cigarettes. We played games and danced, though our dancing was confined to one-stepping as the rolling of the boat interfaced with the rhythm of the waltz or two-step. Our chief amusements are shuffle-board, cards, reading, sleeping, or eating. I have

BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 DREWRY FAMILY Selected Correspondence, 1917 – 1919.

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