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Erroll Pilkington Gillespie Letters

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comfortable & has a splendid view over the channel, the water edge is within a stone throw. There is a splendid promenade stretching I should say well over a mile long, with  comfortable benches, chairs etc. scattered all the way along. It seems  to be quite fashionable resort judging from the crowds that were strolling about yesterday. I spent several hours of the afternoon basking in the sun & watching the crowd, the sight of a comfortable chair in the sun was too much to resist.! When I got tired of watching the crowd I turned my attentions on the ships, aeroplanes etc, & altogether spent quite a interesting but very slack afternoon.
 
comfortable & has a splendid view over the channel, the water edge is within a stone throw. There is a splendid promenade stretching I should say well over a mile long, with  comfortable benches, chairs etc. scattered all the way along. It seems  to be quite fashionable resort judging from the crowds that were strolling about yesterday. I spent several hours of the afternoon basking in the sun & watching the crowd, the sight of a comfortable chair in the sun was too much to resist.! When I got tired of watching the crowd I turned my attentions on the ships, aeroplanes etc, & altogether spent quite a interesting but very slack afternoon.
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BC Archives, MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward 1917-1919.

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comfortable & has a splendid view over the channel, the water edge is within a stone throw. There is a splendid promenade stretching I should say well over a mile long, with comfortable benches, chairs etc. scattered all the way along. It seems to be quite fashionable resort judging from the crowds that were strolling about yesterday. I spent several hours of the afternoon basking in the sun & watching the crowd, the sight of a comfortable chair in the sun was too much to resist.! When I got tired of watching the crowd I turned my attentions on the ships, aeroplanes etc, & altogether spent quite a interesting but very slack afternoon.

BC Archives, MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward 1917-1919.