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RND Craft and Sports in "HMS TIMBERTOWN"


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ARTS AND CRAFTS ------ This branch of Camp life is a most interesting one. The mushroom-like manner in which the present industry has grown, is due to the Commodore’s speech in the Kazerne soon after our arrival in Groningen. He then suggested that men should turn their hands to the manufacture of various novelties which would be of interest to people in England and elsewhere, and at the same time help to relieve monotony. ------ A week or so prvious, Able Seamen Hapgood and Peters had made a start in business, their first venture being the carving of coloured designs on pipes. These met with great success, and orders arrived in large numbers. After a short period they extended their business, and included small boxes carved and inlaid in a similar fashion. Specimens were shown to the Commodore who expressed his approval, and from that time onward the work has progressed in a most satisfactory manner. Eventually the demand for goods becane so great that it was found necessary to obtain a special room, in order that the work might proceed without interruption. This was done, thanks to Sub. Lieut. Hon. Rupert Mitford, who procured the first camp workshop. Both Able Seamen Hapgood and Peters now have large staffs of skilled assistants, turning out goods for sale in the old country. ------ In addition to these two “firms”, many men are engaged in making woollen mats, and fancy articles in wood and xylonite, this work often being done at their own mess tables during leisure hours. In the early weeks of our internment, many interesting knick-knacks were produced with the useful penknife as the chief tool, but, proper tools having now been obtained, better work is produced in larger quantities. Many men have turned to the long neglected fretwork set, and others to the paint brush or pencil in order to spend their time here as far as possible in a useful and congenial way. (Camp magazine april 1915)

Items made in the joiner shop Groningen NB. the original price list!

 

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