Poppy Day
“Wakey wakey – time for a break!’ The other girls were already moving out of the shed but Jess was oblivious to them all, peering into the neck of a grenade, checking it was full of powder. She jumped violently as Sis tapped on her shoulder.
‘Oh my word, yer gave me a fright!’ She went with Polly and Sis outside to the canteen shed where they were given a cup of milk and a bun. Polly pulled off the mob cap they were all obliged to wear and shook out her hair before replacing it again. All of the...m wore khaki, uninflammable overalls over their clothes.
‘Flaming milk again,’ Polly complained. ‘I’d rather ’ave a good strong cup of tea.’ ‘S’posed to keep us from getting bad from the powder, ain’t it?’ Jess said. They’d been told that the better their diet, the less they would be affected by the TNT in the grenades.
‘’Ere – sun’s out for a bit,’ Polly said. ‘Let’s drink it out in the yard, eh – get some air?’ All year, with more and more munitions equipment needed to feed the war, factories had been going over to armaments production, and new ones springing up.MoreLess
‘Oh my word, yer gave me a fright!’ She went with Polly and Sis outside to the canteen shed where they were given a cup of milk and a bun. Polly pulled off the mob cap they were all obliged to wear and shook out her hair before replacing it again. All of the...m wore khaki, uninflammable overalls over their clothes.
‘Flaming milk again,’ Polly complained. ‘I’d rather ’ave a good strong cup of tea.’ ‘S’posed to keep us from getting bad from the powder, ain’t it?’ Jess said. They’d been told that the better their diet, the less they would be affected by the TNT in the grenades.
‘’Ere – sun’s out for a bit,’ Polly said. ‘Let’s drink it out in the yard, eh – get some air?’ All year, with more and more munitions equipment needed to feed the war, factories had been going over to armaments production, and new ones springing up.MoreLess
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