Box 6 Item 02: Letters from Edith S. Thistlethwaite to her mother and sisters, 1 January 1917-9 April 1918 - Page 207
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After seeing Kelly off, I went to Horseferry Rd. Headquarters & reported. Told to be ready at 2.30 p.m. & car would take me & my luggage to Southwell Gardens. Arrived there about 3. p.m. & got my luggage into Hall, when told that orders had just come through got me to go to Southall with two sisters for operation & to nurse them, so we & our luggage got into car & got to Paddington Station to find we had nearly one hour to waite. Got out here at 5. p.m. & handed the sisters. over to the Matron.
Explained to her that I had been promised that night off to go to dinner & theatre with some friends. Well, she said I could catch a train at 5.18 p.m. & go to the theatre, so I made a rush for it & caught the train