Box 6 Item 01: Edith S. Thistlethwaite letters and papers, 1914-1923 - Page 71
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irrigation does in this country. The Gardens are very pretty but small, we had afternoon tea there, then drove to the tram for Cairo & went to All Saint's Church – the service begins at 6. p.m. & we were just in nice time. We were all delighted that we had gone – it was full, mostly military men, with a few red capes about (Sisters). Major Summons & Mrs Summons were sitting just in front of us.
After Church (8. p.m.) we met Sister Watt & a friend of her's who invited us to dinner, so we all had dinner at Sault's Café. Returned to hospital at 9.30. p.m. Had a glorious day. On Monday six of us had a picnic to The Barrage. We hired a motor, left here about 11. a.m. had morning tea at Groppi's Café & got our luncheon from there. Then took our motor & reached the Barrage about 1.45. p.m. We were rather unfortunate in the choosing of the motor, had about 4 stops on the way out & about 2 miles out of Cairo the tyre went bang – could not fix it up properly, so had