Hockliffe
Street Wesleyan Chapel, c.1920 [Z1306/72/2/8]
Saturday
16th December 1916: Over one hundred former members of the
Sunday School at Hockliffe Street Wesleyan Methodist Church are now serving in
the armed forces, and each of them will be receiving a Christmas parcel from
the church. Parcels have been prepared containing chocolate, butterscotch, soap
and other useful items, at a cost of between seven and eight shillings each,
including postage. Every package will also contain a Christmas letter and a useful
wallet from the Sunday School children. Parcels for soldiers serving in France,
Mesopotamia, Egypt and Salonika have already been dispatched, and those for
English destinations will be sent during the next few days. The number of men
from the church who have joined up has increased significantly since last
Christmas, when only around seventy parcels were needed.
Source:
Leighton Buzzard Observer, 12th December 1916
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