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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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You would be sure enough expert gardners then.

Our mess here is somewhat improved now. The rate has been reduced to $1.25 per day. Up to the end of May I paid nearly $57.00 mess dues, so it might be worse. You said something about dues including wines, but I can reassure you on that point. The mess is 'dry', I think because the province is dry.

Little Tommy Drew-Brook is on a week-end leave in Toronto. He and his mother were in Toronto when the war broke out, so the whole family are living there now. Tommy is going to make a most daring and resourceful pilot, though he makes mistakes as we all do. He has "crashed" a couple of machines, and they tell us after we have crashed three machines we can "crash gracefully". That is we can it without making a "show" of it.

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

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