Item 15: Archie Barwick diary, 1 October-14 December 1918 - Page 50
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29th. Today I went & done some shopping, went up to Gamages & bought some breeches & puttees & a few more things that I wanted. Gamages is one of the big stores of London & its not a patch on Horderns in my opinion. My shopping took most of the morning up, so in the afternoon I went & saw "The Maid of Mountains" this is a lovely thing & is drawing great crowds. Dalys is a nice theatre & has none of those aggravating pillars in the Dress Circle that most theatres are cursed with.
When this was over I made off for Charing Cross & on my way bought some grapes 5/- a lb. I paid for them & also a few white roses 6d. each. Things are an awful price over here now. I took these out to Plumstead to the Winters, on arrival there I found Vera in bed with a bad cold. I felt sorry for her for she is a nice girl. I stayed out there till 9.30 then made a dive for London, & after a