Part 01: Rupert Nixon letters, 28 November 1914-2 October 1917 - Page 199
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light in their helmets as Birmingham is twice as dark as London. I had three days there & a day in London & it was funny to see the people dragging their little stores of coal in anything that could be put on wheels - rich people the same as poor had to wait outside the coal yds in long lines.
The price of things are very high & there is some new regulation that only ¾ lb of sugar per head is allowed to be sold per week, & 4 lbs bread, but here in camp there is plenty of everything, although the bread is not too good. The 23rd Rfts. have arrived & they had 18 days at Capetown, then went to St. Helena for a few days.
We have some pretty stiff route marches but oh! the pace 180 to the minute & on roads that are like glass. It is nothing not to have a wash for two or three days as all pipes are full of ice.
Have met a few of the old hands & they all wanted to know why I came back & deserve to be shot first go.