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Alma Russell Letters

Letters of British Columbia men on active service with Canadian and British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1918. Learn more.

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BC Archives MS-1901

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paying some friends a visit at Upper Norwood the other boys had all gone to see Gaby Deslys I was wandering around so the manageress and housekeeper asked me into their room till they came home. I went out and bought a basket of fruit and the three of us sat eating fruit till the others came in. The others were such big huge chaps that the ladies in the hotel used to call me “The Child,” I did not mind though as they were very good to me.

You probably know Gray-Donald who was in the buildings. He is sitting at another table writing and glowering away. He seems to consider himself so superior to anyone else.

Did I tell you we were going

BC Archives, MS-1901 Box 1 File 15 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873-1964. Victoria; librarian. / Letters from Trooper Joseph Shires, 1915-1916.

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