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& we saw three of them commissioned & go out for their trials. Our navy is a lot more powerful now than 12 months ago.
Had a real good time here, as did all the Officers & I hear there were a lot of fond good-byes last night, but as I'm not interested in that sort of thing I cannot prove the assertion. Went to West Hartlepool one afternoon, but saw no traces of the German bombardment & also went to Saltburn by the sea through some very pretty moors.
Last weekend I visited Dr & Mrs Taylor at Birmingham 120 miles away. Had a glorious time there, probably through being about the only sailor (in uniform) up there at that time. The Dr took me about in his motor & I saw some beautiful buildings, residences, Art Gallery, the very fine markets, & Cadburys big factory at Bournville also a lot of other places of interest in this, the third biggest City in the United Kingdom, Glasgow being second. The Doctor has a beautiful residence with a fine billiard room attached & he & I & a friend of his had several games. Also had some music & singing on the Sunday night as they have a very fine Pianola. We also had a game of hockey. Mrs Taylor introduced me to a Jeweller & I bought some Jewellery. This is the biggest Jewellery manufacturing centre in the United Kingdom. I stayed from Saturday until tuesday & no doubt they are grand people. I have promised to visit them again on my return & I will certainly do so.
Aug 18th As we are now in the Bay of Biscay we reckon we have safely negotiated Kaiser Bills blockade. So we just laugh a merry ho' ho'. . We can now get along with all