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during the 4 months in that tight space in Liverpool was pretty peaceful, and there were no major disagreements. Franzen was the housewife, because he did a lot of the cooking and grilling and was very mindful of good food and ample provisioning.
We had organised a hot plate for cooking eggs, etc, and lately a pancake stall and a meat kiosk had sprung up in camp, which we gladly patronised. For the dishwashing and the scouring of the barrack we retained a [indecipherable] for 1/.- per man and week.
Franzen has a brilliant sense of humour and has helped us live through many an hour with his spirited tales. Schmidt and Recklinghausen are a lot more serious, but are good and honest men. One day a very dubious rumour spread that Kronstadt had been taken, and Schmidt absolutely believed it. We have since dubbed him ‘’The Lion of