Wartime experiences of Charles Hague — Part 4 Letters to The “Yorkshire Observer” News Letter

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Wartime experiences of Charles Hague — Part 4 Letters to THE “YORKSHIRE OBSERVER” NEWS LETTER
By
Charles Hague

THE “YORKSHIRE OBSERVER” NEWS LETTER No.2 October 1943 to May 1944 Page 2:

Letter received from Charlie Hague, dated 13 January, 1944:
Delighted to receive your most welcome letter and enclosures for which I am deeply grateful. Kindly convey my sincerest thanks to all the members of the Chapel.
I think the News Letter a great idea and I thoroughly enjoyed, reading it. I hope you continue with the idea.
One of the first places I visited on arrival here was Deolali, noted for the remarkable number of cases among the inhabitants of sunstroke. You no doubt have heard the expression, "That fellow's a deolali", meaning light in the head derived from this village in India.
My present station is not bad at all, the climate being very good and at the present time, I am getting plenty of exercise; playing football regularly with the Depot team. Rather a warm pastime even in the close of the evening, but it breaks the monotony as there is not a great deal of entertainment in the camp at the moment, as it is quite new.
Someone told me that I could see some of the marvelous sights of the old world - the Taj Mahal at Agra, etc - while out here. Granted, but, believe me, I'd sooner see the Roebuck at Greengates than all the wonderful sights here just now. Thanks and kind regards to all.

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