On 1/1/09 05:33, "W3526602@aol.com" <W3526602@aol.com> wrote:

I can't say we felt particularly hard done by.

We did!! It was the coal ration. One bucket full per barrack per night. We
had a thieving rotor. Every night two guys would go out and nick 4 buckets
of coal. Our stoves, firebricks removed, and their chimneys almost gave
enough light to read by.

Nil illegitimo carburrundum! I think we used to say.
--
ErnB
Bristol