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It sounds like hard, backbreaking work there.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Re: Sam,
We were not up to it one of the boys kept putting head in the sacks.🌺
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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Re: Graysome
Yes two hours work lugging sacks and filling them.. Those were the days my dear Sixpence would buy one half of beer.🌺
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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Re: Sea Gypsy
I think I did it to evade school. It was a wartime effort. Six pence an hour.🌺
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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What a clear picture of a very tough time. So sorry about that shilling and the whole experience. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on September 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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I guess a shilling went so much further than in latter years,
posted by
Graysome
on September 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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So much agony on so many levels. The emphasis of the loss of a shilling bore the burden for me. I could visualize it all!Â
posted by
sam444
on September 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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