Impression
sketch of taxi cabs taking wounded soldiers into the countryside - by Jamie.
Taking a ride for
a motor drive,
In the fresh
country air -
was to prove for
convalescent
Soldiers a treat
from
Weeks of
subjection to hospital
Confinements.
Such a fact was
recognised
By driver owners,
Of London taxi
cabs - who came
Together to give
Their services,
for weekend
Country jaunts.
Ten days before,
24 June, started
A trial at
Military Hospital
Myatt's Fields,
Camberwell - thirty
Drivers took
parties
Of soldiers to
Chertsey, another
To Epsom Downs.
While such a
scheme may have
Made many wish a
chance
To be a driver - was a reminder
To residents in
districts
Close to London,
might provide
Garden teas.
For entertainers of
this kind,
To give pleasure
For wounded
soldiers, asked
To contact Mr
Hearn,
Of Good and
Coopers Garage,
Or Mr Webb of
Wandsworth.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. Motor
Drivers for Wounded Soldiers. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 3 July. P.2. Col.3. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11708910/Daily-Telegraph-July-3-1915.html
[Accessed: 3 July 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 3 July 2015).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11708910/Daily-Telegraph-July-3-1915.html
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