The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-09-19
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Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson have
had the following interesting letter
from their son, Harold, in England, on
his way to France. He has perhaps
been sent over by this time:
Somewhere in England, Aug. 18th,
191S.-Dear Folks: The camp is so
full of life today and | am also feel
ing so happy that | thought perhaps
| could write you an interesting let
ter for once. Today has been "a wash
out and we sure did enjoy it. We had
an inspection this morning at $50
which | successfully passed for a won
der, and hen we were free to wand
er. Well, as there is a lot of the city
close by | went in and saw what |
had missed after giving it the once
over. 1t is a very, very old city and
fairly large. | saw numerous houses
built in the Sixteenth century with
their little low fiat roofs, some OF
stone, others Of tile and still others
matched with straw and cement about
two feet thick. All buildings over
here are of stone as they don't have
the lumber We have and you never
see a house with a lawn. The resi-
dence houses here are all like our
tenement or flats in the cities and a
town which looks real small will have
about four times as many inhabitants
as you would think. The stores or
shops over here are very queer. They
seem to be scattered all over the city
and nine times out of ten the keeper
lives in the same building. They new
er build up over three or four floors.
The streets are very crooked and mar
row and the trucks have a hard time
getting through them as over here
they use the street to walk on as well
as the narrow walk. The streets are
all we'll paved also in fact all the
roads over here are of rock, and
cycling is the main means of travel
ing.
Well, we next went for a little
Just enjoying the green meadows and
the lovely groves we ran right into
an old ruins. We asked a nearby
farmer what it was and he told us
about a certain old castle Ct can't
name it), but anyhow it vas destroy
ed by Cromwell, so we went over and
inspected it. All that remains are
four lookout towers and the walls. 1t
was a very interesting sight, you could
see on the walls of stone holes made
by the cannon balls and grape shot.
It was partly covered with old vines
very pretty and large. | also saw on
the wall the name, Francis Bacon
and the date either 1861 or 1861" |
couldn't tell which, but anyhow you
know he was a famous old English
writer and as | have studied a little
about him this interested me as it
was carved very deep in the solid
rock. There were also numerous 9th
ct initials.
Well we started for a nearby palace
and this was also very old and the
second largest castle in England. II
cost us a shilling to 20 through it,
but it sure was worth it. In the build
ing were numerous old relics of form
er wars, many of the present, also
The most beautiful | have ever seen
There were portraits Of the family for
centuries back; there We're also all
kinds of stone ware, silver and gold
figures, all very beautiful and inter
esting, but what Interested me most
was the beds hat Queens Elizabeth
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