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WORK DONE IN 1916.
The St. Annes Ladies'
Committee of the
Primrose League, working for the
Red Cross, met three days each week
during the year, at the Parish
Rooms, Headroomgate Road, for the
distribution, and receiving of work.
Twelve consignments of garments and
comforts have been sent up to
headquarters, consisting of 345
day-shirts, 34 night-shirts, 15
jerseys, 1,344 pairs of socks, 266
pairs of mittens, 339 pillow eases,
93 mufflers, 119 treasure bags, 191
knitted woollen caps, 12 cholera
belts, 41 pairs of hospital
slippers, 87 helmets, 4 sheets, ,19
bed and writing tables, and 97 other
articles, a total of 3,006, making,
with what had previously been sent
up, a grand total of 11,134
articles.
The amount received
this year in donations, receipts
from whist drives, etc., amounted to
£163 6s. 10d., making a total, with
what had been previously received,
of £615 9s. 6d. To which must be
added an amount of £9 6s., the
result of a Christmas draw for a
doll, at Mr. R. J. Hargreaves
(ticket 37).
Several parcels of
comforts have been sent to local men
serving with H.M. Forces out in
Mesopotamia, Egypt, and France, and
also one to a local man, prisoner of
war in Germany. The committee take
the opportunity of thanking all who
have assisted in any way for the
success of the work, and ask for
their continued support for more
donations, gifts of materials and
comforts. The Committee still meet
every Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday in each week, from 2-0 to
4-0 p.m., in the Parish Rooms.
St.Annes Gazette,
December 1916 |
