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of the military, and the young folk ' s pleasure ground va s sadly mi ssed. Su nday s
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were very qu iet i n the city, a nd many of the peopl e motored to th" Fort ~ r idee
just to ge t II. glimpse of the sple nd id sp sns , I paased ov er the Bridge on two
occasi ons , but I had no idea of 1t s Lnmenee size . It 1s really a marvellou s
piece of en gdneerdng-c-cr-oe edng t he Firth of Forth from the t.ovn
of Queensferry,
a d ist liil ~ ce of one a nd a qu ar t er mile e , But it 1 s t he t oweri ng he i ght of the
Bridge t hat makes 1t l ook so wonderful . I t s epa ne can be Be en f or miles r i sing
up fro::l the 'Waters of the Firth like some great mountain •
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The d 1 8 tr i ~t i on of coal va e --;'rri e d ·ou t we-ek}y by epecda I \lorking parties ,
a nd needless to say, n one of t he boy s ch er ished the job. On one occasion Lieut
Dob Stick, t hen ~ Lan ce-Corporal, was gi ven charge of a pa rty br i n g i ng coa l to
the Bar-r-ack Rooms , but i n st ea d of Ieavdn g tw o pane t o 8 r oom, he mar-che d his
whol e p&r t y i nto our happy litt le home and ga ve U 5 a suppl y f or several ...ee ks ,
Regime nt a l sleuths were hun ting f or t ha t coal f or a long vbtIe , bu t we did no t
put i t :on ex hibiti on, ::10 t he y gave it up a s a not her l ost C8g0 .
Svimr.dng parede e to the public bat.he were held qu i t e of t en.
We e Ivays did
have a soft corner in our hearts for a good 'Wash no w and then.
Vaccinati on vas more 'than ve Icomed by the lazy se t . It meant se veral weeks
lounging in you r Barrack Room if the Bluf f 'Was kep t u p . The M.D . w.e worried to
de at h by mallgnerers vhc persis ted in eayfng t heir arms we r e stil l veak, and that
t hey c ?Uld no t move them, e t c.; but if the doctor had take n t he t roubl e t o l oo k
around the Bar -r-ack a fter t e a that bluff vcuk d not ha ve vorked , Oh , ye s, vac cine
proved a good ~rie nd to the lot of us . Major Ca r t y , then ~ptain, could see
through our gllrne , i n fact, he c ou l d fle e through anything ve td do, lind t he reeult
wou l d be W" IO lose .
Our strength up t o date had ove r'- c -each e d t he twelve hundred mark. The Cast l e