Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 013 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)
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1916 May 9 "En route to Warminster" - page 2
also visited "Cousin Helen". Drew another $15; after this, will need
postal orders for allowance, costs sixteen shillings to travel to London.
(Warminster is about 140km due west of London, just north of Salisbury)
Rooming with another V.A.D.
[Note on money: at the time, it was about $5 to the pound; and the UK pound
has lost 99% of its purchashing value between 1916 and 2024. 16 s = $4,
and is the equivalent of hundreds of dollars today. Her $15 was 30 hours'
wages for a journeyman in 1914.]
Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare Scan: 013 Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)