Monthly Archives: March 2019
8th March 1919 Saturday
Intense Excitement
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“On March 8th the excitement in our hospital was intense. On that day the Colonel (God bless him!) performed the first operation in our beautifully appointed theatre. It was a great event. Nearly the whole staff crowded in to see the fun – an amputation of a finger! The Colonel was very nervous, and foozled things completely. I don’t remember how many pairs of gloves, rubber, officers for the use of, he destroyed that afternoon!”
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1st March 1919 Saturday
Pancake Saturday!
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“Saturday, March 1st was ‘Pancake Saturday’, and a big holiday in Archangel. The streets were crowded. All the barishnas were out in their Sunday best, and most of the men were drunk. Lots of families drove up and down the Troitska in huge boat-shaped sleighs drawn by three or four horses.”
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